Homestay & Fieldwork

I spent the last two nights and three days in the Kasialekh area, staying in Sunkiya and visiting homes and interviewing in Buribana. It was great! A very new experience, and I am excited that we will be staying with the same family next week. The rainy/misty weather today however, made walking along the first village trails between houses, rather than the main concrete village trail, slippery. Other than that, I got a lot of good interviews and information for my internship project. The house we, myself, Nikki, Sam and Shruti, stayed at, The Madhvi's, was a typical village home, cows and kitchen downstairs, unattached bathroom, lots of sitting outdoor space and corn drying out on the roof. I tried to make chapatti, but failed. It is a lot harder than it looks! Or I just didn't get the hang of it. We had simple meals, chapatti and a vegetable for breakfast, packed it to go for lunch, and more chapatti and another vegetable for dinner. All of course accompanied by tea, in addition to tea at interviewees homes throughout the day. I am happy that my questionnaire is just about agricultural insurance and nothing personal as some other people's project questions entail.