Africa Lesson #1: I'm not late, I'm just not early.
Africa Lesson #2: Never volunteer information. If they haven't asked, they must not want to know.
Africa Lesson #3: Never assume the identity of a condiment. (Memo to my sweet hubby: I TOLD you that was not parmesan cheese. Did you like the dried milk powder on your potatoes?)
Africa Lesson #4: Roosters are of the devil/We Need HOAs (Our neighbor has one. Crows every morning...and afternoon...and evening.)
Africa Lesson #5: We hope you like lunch cause you'll be having it for dinner. And the next meal. And the next meal. And the meal after that.
Africa Lesson #6: The "dry" season really means "the drier season"
Africa Lesson #7: White skin color does not rub off (despite continuous and well-meaning efforts by excited Burundian children)
Africa Lesson #8: "Mzungu" ("white person"!) is my new name.
Africa Lesson #9: Honking is a legitimate form of road communication.
Africa Lesson #10: All traffic laws, rules, signs and regulations are suggestions.
Africa Lesson #11: Rain = No Internet Today
Africa Lesson #12: Simple carbs, baby. Everybody's doing it. (We live on a diet of rice, bananas, potatoes and bread. Nice.)
Africa Lesson #13: Craters? Nope. Potholes.
Africa Lesson #14: The road is for all of God's creatures. (Cows, goats, chickens, a car, and a mother with a baby on her back all have right of way...at the same time.)
Africa Lesson #15: If you've arrived in town before McDonald's has, you've got cajones, baby.
Africa Lesson #2: Never volunteer information. If they haven't asked, they must not want to know.
Africa Lesson #3: Never assume the identity of a condiment. (Memo to my sweet hubby: I TOLD you that was not parmesan cheese. Did you like the dried milk powder on your potatoes?)
Africa Lesson #4: Roosters are of the devil/We Need HOAs (Our neighbor has one. Crows every morning...and afternoon...and evening.)
Africa Lesson #5: We hope you like lunch cause you'll be having it for dinner. And the next meal. And the next meal. And the meal after that.
Africa Lesson #6: The "dry" season really means "the drier season"
Africa Lesson #7: White skin color does not rub off (despite continuous and well-meaning efforts by excited Burundian children)
Africa Lesson #8: "Mzungu" ("white person"!) is my new name.
Africa Lesson #9: Honking is a legitimate form of road communication.
Africa Lesson #10: All traffic laws, rules, signs and regulations are suggestions.
Africa Lesson #11: Rain = No Internet Today
Africa Lesson #12: Simple carbs, baby. Everybody's doing it. (We live on a diet of rice, bananas, potatoes and bread. Nice.)
Africa Lesson #13: Craters? Nope. Potholes.
Africa Lesson #14: The road is for all of God's creatures. (Cows, goats, chickens, a car, and a mother with a baby on her back all have right of way...at the same time.)
Africa Lesson #15: If you've arrived in town before McDonald's has, you've got cajones, baby.
I am enjoying your blog. One thing you will learn is that once you have been to Africa, you will never leave. Even if you are physically elsewhere in this world, part of you will always be there.
ReplyDeleteYour list of things learned is quite funny and very true. Having spent two years in East Africa, many of those same rules apply.
Boyd