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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Egypt!

Egypt!
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Amused, bemused, confused (or somewhere in between) by ...

  • the amazing things kids build with scraps and garbage they collect
  • the seemingly endless utility of newspaper and plastic bags
  • seeing girls/women curtsy
  • stalk of sugar cane = common snack
  • being greeted by name everytime I go to the post office
  • emergency brake = big rock(s) stuck behind the wheel(s)
  • short-sleeved suit coats
  • home-made yogurt!
  • the things that can be made with just flour and water
  • all the types of pop that aren't (but should be!) sold in the US
  • small children with even smaller children strapped to their backs
  • women balancing anything & everything on their heads
  • spending more than $1 on a meal now feels extravagant
  • shouts of "mzungu! mzungu!" following me down the street
  • being super self-conscious about my knees (while wearing running shorts)
  • knowing less about American hiphop/rap than every person my age or younger I've met in Tanzania
  • Everbright: "Kat, do wazungu eat cats/dogs/children?"
  • being a constant source of amusement
  • cooked bananas tasting like potatoes
  • the groundskeepers watering the dirt more than the grass (part of the losing battle against the dust)
  • purple toilet paper

LINKS

  • International Rescue Committee
  • Princeton in Africa (PiAf)
  • Princeton in Dar es Salaam
  • Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service (TCRS)
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