oooh la la

Thursday was my roomie's last day here so we thought we'd get some beautiful henna as a send off for her. She's headed to a land where it's not so popular or intricate. We went to my teacher's house at 10 am and went with her to the lady's house. We got there about 10:45 and were there until 7 pm!! We even got to eat lunch with them.

After she painted the black stuff on you get smeared with vasoline then powdered with baby powder. Then they tell you that you can't shower until the morning!




















And it's not just for big people! This is one of my favorite people here:























We also had a fiesta for her going away!

We began the party by going to a photo studio "downtown" and having a few photos of all of us together made. We decided to go with the digital option and let them pick "appropriate" backgrounds. There are pictures below of the results. So here we are getting ready and at the "fiesta," complete with guacamole, enchiladas, homemade tortilla chips, salsa, bean dip, and "sparkling coconas" drinks (I didn't mistype, that's what it said on the bottle. Your basic non-alcoholic sparkling pineapple coconut soda).