The house is a bit far from the college, its only a 5 min drive, but it will take me almost an hour to get there by foot. There is a public transport system, its formed by minivans that stop at certain places and where people squeezes at high pressure. You may think that the van is full, but in the next stop more people will certainly jump in.. I am very lucky, my neighbour Mike is a professor also at the college of medicine and he gives me a lift in the morning.
Walking around the city is quite amusing, but it can also be exhausting. People stops to talk to you, shake hands, and want to know about you. A conversation here starts with: Muli Bwanji? Ndili bwino, kaya inu? which is something like, hello, how are you? I'm well and you? I am well thank you, thank you.
In general, people is so kind and polite, hey! it is not a lie when they say this is the warm hearth of Africa! The disadvantage is that if you want to ask something to someone you'll have to pass all this process before you can actually go to the point.
Another experience is buying something. You can bargain even at the shops. sometimes, they will try to charge you a bit more because since you are a white guy you are suppose to be rich!
I am supposed to be so rich that people stops me in the street and ask me for a job. You can hire someone to clean the house, do the washing / ironing or guard it during the night for about 5000 kawcha, more or less 28 Euros (a month!). This is pretty amazing, our allowance as volunteers is almost 10 times that and I don't really see how can I live on that.
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Ole mi machote! Que bien se le ve ahi en las fotos con su barba y to'. Me alegro que todo te vaya bien o mas o menos bien por ahi y que estes tranquil.
Bon courage, mucho animo, cuidate,no andes por donde te dicen que no hay que andar y seguimos en contacto!
Un abrazo,
David
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