Woke up with a scratchy throat this morning and I think I’m getting a cold, which is odd because it’s one of the hottest places on Earth! Then I went to have a shower and the power went out so it was freezing cold, but kinda refreshing after the initial shock! Went to Seacliff today with Kara to use the internet and get some work done, then we went to boona baana at 3pm. In addition to the insane amount of traffic here because of lack of money put towards building roads and bridges, in addition to increasing populations, the way that drivers use their horns here is also very different from what I’m used to. Horns are less frequently used when someone is mad or about to get in an accident and are used instead on a regular basis when driving to alert other drivers they are coming up beside them or driving down the road to let drivers know not to hit them. For example, we’ll be driving down a road and our driver will honk to let those turning onto the road not to hit us. This is what all drivers do because it is so busy and congested that there are cars trying to squeeze in every which way in order to get to their final destination on time. So you could imagine how loud it is on the streets here with the constant honks. You must give yourself an abundance of time in order to get anywhere on time. This may be one reason why African’s are less concerned with being on time than Westerners! It’s not a big deal to be late for appointments or meetings here and is not necessarily considered rude like it is at home!
It was Jenn’s actual birthday today so we had French toast, fruit and ice cream for dinner!
We’re going to stay up late tonight to watch the Canucks game so I’m going to try to go to bed early because we have to wake up at 3am in order to watch it!
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