You know you are in East Africa when…
- Everyone screams mzungu at you
- You get excited that you have electricity
- Toddlers run around with no pants or diapers on
- A bus is not considered full until people are hanging out the doors and windows
- Buses do not leave at a specific time, they just leave when they are full
- Not having running water for a few days or not having running water at all is completely normal
- Your ears feel like they are bleeding the entire time you are at church because the speakers are on full blast .
- It is normal for a church service to last 5 hours
- You eat the exact same meal everyday
- You are asked if you are strong or powerful every morning
- All you eat are carbs
- You think you are getting tan but then you realize its just dirt
- Not bathing for 3 days becomes completely acceptable
- Soda becomes the drink of choice just because it is cold
- You get used to instant coffee
- You realize you haven’t ridden in a car for over a month
- Everything completely shuts down when it rains
- Children either run up to hug you or burst in to tears at the sight of you
- The term clean clothes takes on a whole new meaning
- You go a whole month and only wash your underwear because it takes too long to hand wash everything
- At least one person is always dealing with a stomach issue
- Using a western style toilet instead of squatty potty is more exciting than your birthday
- Eating meat becomes a mystery game
- You can literally walk up hill both ways
- Avocados are the size of an infant
- Shampoo for white girl hair is impossible to find
- Deodorant is nonexistent
- you drive over speed bumps every two minutes
- there are no rules of the road it is just a free for all
- bicycles are actually taxies
- people talk so soft you can barely hear them but when they are handed a mic they only know how to scream
- everyone tells you to "be free"
