Why they stare

We are still being stared at, not only by kids but by almost everyone local. Sometimes they say, "Hi, mzungu!" but more often they just stare. And stare.

Last week we met a young Canadian woman who lived here for over a year. She explained it to us: "It would be as if purple people suddenly appeared in your neighborhood. That's how we seem to them, like purple people."

That makes lots of sense. Now, when people stare at us, like these little girls in the picture, we just think, "Yes, we are purple people."