Week 6... Off to Micronesia

Thanks http://japanfocus.org/-Andre-Vltchek/2619 for the picture!

Hi everyone! Wow, I am almost halfway through my journey and am beginning my sixth week in Micronesia. Micronesia is made up of many tiny islands and is located very close to Australia. There are indigenous people in this country who have many very neat and unique aspects to their culture. This week, I have decided to practice something that they do. For the entire week, each day, I will use coconut oil in my hair on my skin as a means of conditioning and moisturizing. These people use coconut oil all of the time for its medicinal effects on the hair and skin. They even use it to prevent lice! I find this practice to be so important, especially because it is one that uses and that is in harmony with nature. I purchased a container of coconut oil in the beginning of the week. It resembles Crisco and smells like well... coconut. I will be putting up pictures of the oil, my hair with the oil in it and my hair after it throughout the week. I will tell you the effect the oil has on my hair, nails and even mood (I read before "travelling" to this country that the oil's odor can be soothing). I will also tell you more about how I am using the oil, following procedures for doing so that I have researched. I am excited to connect to this indigenous, tribal culture of these tropical islands this week. As the world advances, the simple but vital ways of tribes like those of these countries are being deemed unimportant and are diminishing quickly. Hopefully by this week's end, I can give others a reason to believe much differently. Talk to you soon!