Unusual things

From Alex, on Monday

After our arrival and night in the hotel, we set out further for the village of Vane. To get there, we needed to get from the hotel to the station (30 min), from the station to the market (3 hours), and buy produce and other things we will need for our time here (about 3 hours). Then we went to the village itself (2 more hours). We spent basically the whole day in transportation, all in a hurry. And I had to take pictures and video on the way, through the car windows (with the car going about 100 km/hr). Needless to say, this was not easy. At first, I was a little discouraged, because I want to be able to show what we are seeing, but with good quality. But later, I understood that God was protecting me this way. :) People in the city are so tired of white tourists that they yell and get angry when they see a camera. Several times, only by the car windows was I protected from being battered for taking pictures. :) Something else amazing here is that everyone calls each other brother and sister. For example, “Sister, can you tell me how to get to the station?” :) Also, it's impolite to not greet people, so, as you are walking down the street, you have to greet everyone (but it's considered disrespectful to greet with the left hand)!

These are some impressions from yesterday, our second day in Africa.

You can see yesterday's pictures here: www.flickr.com/photos/djemlike

Sorry, the posts are not quite in chronological order, because we're having problems with the Internet here.