initiation.

It’s Saturday afternoon. Today I saw a dead dog on my way into the cty center, discovered where all the cheap Chinese lojas (stores) are in town (thanks to one of my site mates), and I also got mugged.

I was walking to the Peace Corps office with one of my site mates after doing a little shopping around town. We were walking down the main avenue, 25 de Setembro, after stopping by this little shack to get some cokes and a little bite to eat. We’re walking… it’s a little after 12pm and I notice some guy following closely by…
I noticed he was right behind us, so I turned to ‘let him pass,’ but when he realized I had noticed him- he grabbed towards me but only managed to grab the plastic bag I had hooked to my backpack strap. My site mate (Shane) looked at me, “did he grab your stuff,?” and immediately pushed the guy back. The bumb stumbled back and muttered some demands.
Shane yelled at him to give me my bag back, but I asked him to let it go. We walked away (with all of our valuables still in our possession) and went directly to the PC office. When I got to the office, I called our security advisor and reported the incident.

& that’s how it went down.
I’m ok. I wasn’t hurt. Not shaken up.
Yea, it sucked… I have to buy my spaghetti strainer, sponges, and moth balls all over again… but what are you gonna do?
Maybe I should hurry up and train Gome to passear with me on the daily…

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