Professor Faux Pas

Danielle and I were leaving Lime (mobile phone service store in Grenada) in Grand Anse and headed for the bus stop.  As usual, we ran into one of our professors in the context of his personal life(which is always very odd).  We made small talk for a few minutes then bid eachother good-weekend, and started toward the bus stop.
 "you dont have a ride?" He asked us.
 "we were just going to take the bus" we said.
"well if you need a ride, I can take you to campus"
"no it's ok, thank you though, we will be fine on the bus"
"no really, im going to campus, if you need a ride, just hop in"
"Are you sure?"
"of course!"

Danielle and I changed directions toward the professor's jazzy hunday (it was top-notch for Grenada).

"you're sitting up front with him" I whispered to Danielle
"no way, man, you are"
"FINE" I said. 

I then proceeded to open the door to the front seat and climb in....
Yes.  You guessed it... I had climbed into the driver's seat of my professor's car... OOPS.

They drive on the opposite side.

Nervously giggling and beat red, I hoist myself out of the driver's seat, and go around to the other side.
He just stared at me, much like someone would stare at you for stealing money out of a charity jar. 
"no, this is a right side driver car" He said.

I gathered as much.

Im sure I made a great impression.
I will never make that mistake again.  I also will never be driving here.

Addendum to the Previous Post: That's no banana.

So the "bananas" I bought have stayed green for a week now... And tonight before class I decided I would just eat a non-ripe banana.  When I go to peel the "banana", the stem SNAPS off, not allowing me to peel said "banana".  So, treating it as a normal banana, I decide to just try to peel it without the stem as an aid.  Then a layer of fibrous material is peeled away, but still the banana is not peeled.

So I get a knife, of course....This is ONE TOUGH BANANA. I don't care though, because Im hungry and a banana is the "perfect fruit".  I cut it open...but the skin wont peel away from the "banana" inside...so I cut it away...of course... Im determined to eat this banana, ripe or not.

I bite into the "banana".  This is no banana. And don't even patronize me and say "it's a plantain".  No. This was no plantain. This is some sort of cucumber/potato-ish vegatable disguised as a banana!  How do I eat this? WHAT IS THIS!?

So I take it to class to ask the professor what this is... Because he is Grenadian.  "Dat ees a Plugo" he says... "you cook it in soup or fry it up in a stew"...

But when I google Plugo... or anything like it (because let's face it, I may have not have heard him correctly), Google has nothing.  And even when I search "vegetable that looks like a banana" Google insists that this is a plantain.

Like I said. This is no plantain...and That ain't no banana either.

I will give $10 EC to the person who correctly identifies the following vegatable, and gives me a method of preparation (with cited sources):

Market, St. Georges

Today me and Danielle got up at 7 so we could get to the Market at St. Georges as it opened to get first pick.  As one of our professors said, the public transportation here is some of the most efficient in the world.  For 1 US dollar, the busses will find you.  They will back up on a highway to let you on; they will off-road it; they would fly if they could to get you on the bus. 

So as the bus was barreling down the windey, narrow roads, I couldn't help but just look and be like "wow, I live here now, and I absolutely love it".  Don't get me wrong, it is not the US.  Expect delays, expect tampons to cost $30 US, dont expect chicken cutlets, or fresh eggs every day at the store... As they say here "eggs are finish"... Everything could be "finish".  Copy machine could be "finish"; after a long walk, legs could be "finish".  Love it. 
Anyways, the market is just as you would expect it to be: bustling, fresh, packed.  It was amazing though.
I brought $25 US with me and here is what I got (including my trip to the grocery nearby, and bus fare):
 Dozen Eggs
2 large cucumbers
2.5 lbs of tomatoes
Saffron
Orregano
Curry
2 ears of corn
2 bushels of snap peas
a giant avocado
onions
loaf of bread
3 fresh Banana-ish fruit (not plantains, not bananas)
and out of necessity: Instant coffee.

It was AWESOME.  I didnt take pics at the market because I wanted to get good deals and I didnt want to look touristy...even though I am.  I will take pics next time.

In conclusion, you CAN eat cheap here.  You just have to get up very early saturday morning and get to the market... Get there too late, and all da tings is finish.

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I am a student at Saint Georges University, in Saint Georges, Grenada, West Indies... I am persuing my Masters in Public Health and Medical Degree for the next 3 yeasr on the island before I return to the United States for clinical rotations.  If you have no idea where Grenada is, take a look at Puerto Rico on a map, follow the Carribean Island chain all the way down to the right to the very last island off the coast of Venezuela.

I arrived here in the early morning of August 11th...but we will get to that later. 

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