
I think the young men were as startled to see us as we were to see them, but they took it in good sport, and let us photograph them. I must have looked very strange; a young woman in t-shirt and shorts. Sensible travelling clothes to me, rather inappropriate and probably unattractive to them. It always startles me when I go back there, how uncomfortable I suddenly feel in shorts or short skirts. I always feel that I'm neither fish nor fowl -- if I were white-skinned, they wouldn't think twice about it, but since my skin is brown, they expect me to behave with decorum and propriety. Not always my strong point, especially when standards differ...