This is Africa

It’s unbelievable how you blink and the time has passed; you turn around and it’s time to say good bye. Today we closed our time in Tanzania. I’ll have another post shortly on that. However, as I reflect on my time here, I have a few observations about Africa for you.

As a team we were always quick to call out our ‘This is Africa’ moments. TIA…

- If you get on public transport and the words ‘maximum occupancy’ do not apply… then you’re in Africa.
- If you have no concept of margin when a car goes flying past and nearly takes your left arm along with it… then you’re in Africa
- If you have ever begun to ask your friend to pay you back the 250 shillings for their bus fare before remembering that it’s only 19 cents… then you’re in Africa
- If you don’t think twice about asking a complete stranger to give you a ride on their motorcycle… then you’re in Africa
- If you start to name the goats in your back yard based off the different noises they make… then you’re in Africa
- If you still aren’t sure if it’s a actually a goat or maybe a sheep… then you’re in Africa
- If the cost in bargaining starts at $70 and eventually gets settled for $5… then you’re in Africa
- If you have to reply to someone, “No I haven’t met Obama yet”… then you’re in Africa.
- If you didn’t have any idea that the cat was pregnant… then you’re in Africa
- If you’ve gone to bed at 8 PM because the power went out… then you’re in Africa
- If you ask someone where you can watch the Super Bowl and they respond “you want a bowl of soup?”… then you’re in Africa
- When you put duct tape on your feet at night to try to remove the dirt embedded within… then you’re in Africa
- If you’ve sang ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ at Karaoke and nobody else has heard it before… then you’re in Africa
- When you play a five hole mini golf course on poured concrete… then you’re in Africa
- If you’ll gladly buy a newspaper because ‘it’s only a few days old’… then you’re in Africa
- And if Minnesota is ‘about halfway between New York and Los Angeles’… then you’re in Africa

Just a peek at what life is like here, now you know that This is Africa: TIA. expect some deeper thoughts shortly!