Houses

The houses here are very different than houses in Ann Arbor.  They are colorful, small, concrete and have metal bars over the windows and doors.  Not only are the windows screen-less, but also sometimes people start building an upstairs but run out of a money which makes the second story roofless as well.  One family from church whose house I've been to a couple times has little bigger house then the average house here.  There is a main room with a kitchen and table and sofa.  Then there are two bed rooms.  All three kids, ages 8,12 and 14(boy girl boy) share a room and they're more extravagant than most families to each have separate beds.  It's definitely not rare for there to be two rooms total in a house and for some people to sleep on the floor.  People's 'backyards' are connected to the house with a sky high brick wall and you have to go through the house to get to it.  The houses are also very sandwiched together and there isn't any space in between houses; my wall is your wall neighbor.  The colors are really beautiful though and when I arrive back in the US it will definitely feel very bland and excessively big!