Things I’ve learned in St. Lucia

1.       All kids are snotty

2.       Children’s songs get stuck in your head very easily

3.       It is embarrassing to sing the wrong words to a children’s song in front of a bunch of kids, even if they know very little English

4.       Zulu kids are tough.  They can run around and do as much barefoot as the rest of us can with shoes. Especially their Zulu dancing

5.       Hippos walking around town make the dogs bark – sometimes all night

6.       Rugby is a crazy rough sport that makes our football guys look like girls

7.       Hippo poo smells like horse poo

8.       Scones with jam and dollop cream at the lovely coffee shop are my weakness.  Thank goodness for all my loose fitting clothes

9.       South African mosquitoes are just as annoying as Canada mosquitoes

10.   Most other countries in the world don’t celebrate Halloween like we do – how boring

11.   All boys will be boys – especially when demonstrating how to put on a condom using a banana or wooden penis

12.   I love cuddles with babies

13.   I will never get tired of all the Zulu singing and dancing

14.   Apparently a Canadian from Calgary and a Canadian from Winnipeg have very noticeably different accents to people from other parts of the world

15.   Chicken intestines and cow bone also work well for treating burns

16.   The going rate for a wife is 11 cows – my husband got off easy!!

17.   Watching Katie from Ireland try to keep a mouthful of sweet potatoes down during a home care visit without puking or running out of the hut was priceless

18.   Zulu dancing men at the cultural center are yummy

19.   Always have a speech prepared because you never know when you will be asked to speak at a Zulu pre-wedding celebration

20.   I may have been a Zulu in my past life because I apparently can sing and dance quite well