From my short trip

A couple things I learned on my trip to the provinces last week:

  • You pay for a spot in a taxi or minibus. You don't pay for a seat, you pay for a spot. So that might mean space for one butt cheek on a shared cushion or a plank of wood.
  • One of the loan officers at the microfinance branch office I visited in Makeni didn't know what a sunburn was. I had to explain why I was putting sunscreen on as we sat and had a soda and waited for a client to come meet us.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

That, my friend, is true cultural exchange! Did he know what freckles are? A lot of people thought I had a rash.