I am what Africans refer to as mzungu..which means aimless wanderer-foreignor-whitey. I am pretty sure us mzungus stand out which for me is quite stressful when I am alone lol.
The children love seeing the mzungus. They run towards us and wave or say How wha yoo!! Or Chocolat...chocolat..cholat..(I never get tired of seeing the kids)
I wish I could take more pictures of the locals and street scenes but I am not "ready,willing,or able" because I don't want to offend anybody and I do not want to have my camera stolen. The next picture is one of my favorite. After I took the girls photo her mom startled to call a man over..I thought I was in shit but they just wanted to see it and seemed proud.
I love watching the hard working people..the women with their baskets,bags,suit cases on their heads while they walk for miles. The weirdest things I seen balanced on a lady head were a door and a car battery! The men all ride bicycles and push them with hundreds of pounds of stuff. A lot of the men also ride motorcycles and hang out in big groups in the towns. The weirdest thing I seen on one was a wrapped corpse. They take a lot of pride in their motorcycles..always washing and polishing them from the red earth.
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