How Life is Different
I thought it would be fun to write about how my life is different in Africa from living in the U.S.
Here I go:
* All my shoes are covered in dirt or caked with mud.
* All of my perfumes contain deet in them.
* I eat Chicken and chips (fries) at least once a day.
* When riding in a mini-van taxi (which is a Toyota mini-van) I can be guaranteed there will be at least 17 other people riding in it with me.
* Kit Kat bars in Africa are called Break bars and taste nothing like Kit Kat bars.
* Sometimes there are no speed limits but there are random speed bumps all over.
* A flap jack in Africa does not resemble one served in the U.S. (Not even a little bit)
* Bedroom floors in Africa are not carpeted. They are painted and there are only two colors to choose from: Red and green. (I picked red)
* Going to sleep at night is a 20 minute event. Getting the mosquito net completely tucked into the mattress is an adventure itself.
There it is. This is the small list. I could write more but I thought you'd enjoy a few tid-bits of how my life has changed...Not too drastic. Did you notice that I didn't mention any of the bugs? :)
I did that on purpose...I didn't want to discourage anyone from coming to visit me. :)
Here I go:
* All my shoes are covered in dirt or caked with mud.
* All of my perfumes contain deet in them.
* I eat Chicken and chips (fries) at least once a day.
* When riding in a mini-van taxi (which is a Toyota mini-van) I can be guaranteed there will be at least 17 other people riding in it with me.
* Kit Kat bars in Africa are called Break bars and taste nothing like Kit Kat bars.
* Sometimes there are no speed limits but there are random speed bumps all over.
* A flap jack in Africa does not resemble one served in the U.S. (Not even a little bit)
* Bedroom floors in Africa are not carpeted. They are painted and there are only two colors to choose from: Red and green. (I picked red)
* Going to sleep at night is a 20 minute event. Getting the mosquito net completely tucked into the mattress is an adventure itself.
There it is. This is the small list. I could write more but I thought you'd enjoy a few tid-bits of how my life has changed...Not too drastic. Did you notice that I didn't mention any of the bugs? :)
I did that on purpose...I didn't want to discourage anyone from coming to visit me. :)
posted by Lydia | 7:45 AM
2 Comments:
I already know about the bugs ;)
JoRo
Hey Lydia,
I hope you have more and more opportunities to write!! Pretty soon we will need mosquito netting here in OC. All the mosquitoes they tested in Fullerton had West Nile Virus. You also missed our 106 degree temperatures along with high humidity. It is finally cooling off a little now. We have even had a rainstorm with actual thunder and lightening. Just like in the midwest. Power transformers were blowing up, some people were without power 72 hrs or more. Of course, Dale had our little generator hooked up, I think he was disappointed when we didn't have to use it!! It's only big enough to run the refrigerator and maybe one light.
PK
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