Township Tour with Kuno 'Crazy Bastard'

After school yesterday, I took a walk to town and met up with Kuno, who works at the Island Vibe. He asked me if I would like to take a walk to the township to see the way the locals really live. We walked around the shanties and stopped at this 'healers' shack, she predicts the future also. She wasnt't there so we walked around to visit a family Kuno knew. We went inside this makeshift shack where 9 people live in an area of about 20 x 20. He then proceeded to take me to a local bar where the smallest beer was 750ml. I kept calling him a 'crazy bastard' and thought 'we're going to die'. He assured me it was safe. He is black and has dredlocks so he fit in, but everyone was looking at me like I was from Mars.
Everyone was very friendly and wanted to know what I was doing there. It was unbelievable to see how little they have and how they live. This area employs mostly fisherman and they have been on strike for 3 months so there are lots of men out of work. I asked this one guy who spoke some English what they did for food if he was out of work for so long. He said relatives and friends have been helping his family with food.
Today I went to the preschool in the morning and in the afternoon Karen (the other volunteer) and I went to the precschool where she works and started a garden. We definitely could have used a few guys to help us this time. I was exhausted.