Karibuni Tanzania

(Welcome to Tanzania)

After 2 months here I have experienced some interesting things in Tanzania. At first these seemed very strange but now, after some time, I have grown quite accustomed to them.

Karibuni Tanzania:

-a duka (shop) that sells only oranges and rebarr
-everyone knowing only 3 phrases of English:
- "my friend!"
- "give me money"
- "hawayou"
-getting proposed to by a woman or (if a man) on behalf of their sisters
-men always holding your hand
-9 people in a 5 seated taxi, none of the dials work and there is only 1 window (the windshield)
-Bikes that sell the irresitable comination of phone cards and ice cream
-5 hour long church services
-children that play with bottle caps, garbage, and chickens instead of video games
-full meals for under 80 cents
-riding public transport (dalladallas) and barely having enough room to breathe
-being yelled at MZUNGU! an average of 8 times per km
-buying armfulls of groceries, fruit, vegatables and more for under 5$
-monkeys that steal your clothes
-hand shakes that last entire conversations
-bartering for EVERYTHING including a bus fare
-having hundreads (literally) of eyes on you when in busy areas
-never feeling a drop of rain in these 2 months!
-taps that dont work and children walking 2 (often 8) Kiliometeres to get water
-people with malaria or typhoid who come to work anyway and brush it off as no big deal
-finding strange bugs in your bed in the morning
- leaving for a day and when returning to your room finding thick layers of dust on everything
-a relentless sun that is always right above you

That is all for now, but I am sure there is more to come...