Stuff I See

Because I don't already attract a ton of attention to myself while I'm out running, I decided to bring my camera with me this morning!

I usually run out onto the main road towards the city. Here is the view coming back into my village:

Looking out to the North. There's a whoooole lot of nothin' going on out there.

Cow's crossing!

The morning traffic jam:

The cows and horses tend to dislike when I'm running. I wasn't able to get a picture, because there were a bunch of cars right then, but at one point I looked across the street and there was a cow staring me down, looking like she might charge at any second. I decided to take a break and walk for a bit. I have had cows get startled and start running, and one started mooing/howling like crazy at me. That was awkward.

But anyway, after I passed the cow with the evil glare, I noticed this horse trotting alongside me, about 15 feet off the road. I slowed and started walking, and he did, too. Then I started running again... and so did he. It was funny, so I did it a few more times until he started coming closer to me and I thought I'd better back off. He crossed the road in front of me and I caught a few snapshots of him:

And a couple pictures from the bridge. Watch your step here! I don't recommend walking across the pedestrian side of the bridge when it's dark. There are a lot of holes in it.

The main street in my village. Of course, it's called Lenin St.

And a very common sight through my streets - the chickens and roosters.

This big guy went a little crazy.

This is behind my house, looking back onto the main road I had been running on. The tower on the hill is about where the pictures were taken with Hannah's students in my last post. So, you can see the outskirts of the city aren't too far away!

And then I was home. And sweaty. And stinky. And gross. And I feel like I haven't stopped sweating since then, because my house is so warm, and the windows in my room don't actually open, sooo it's just kind of muggy and gross up here. Thank goodness for bannya night tonight!