Weird Things about Africa

1. Hair Mayo
2. Herbal Blood Supplement
3. The Coutry of Zimbabwe
4. Peoples names (Including: Starr, Timex, Laugh, So Many Micheal Jackson's, Pumpkin, Rolex, and Innocance)
5. Jessica (she told me to add her to the list!)
6. Botswana Currency (7.5 pula = 1 US dollar, the coins thebe are worth less than a penny each)
7. Text messages from the government to our cell phones warning us about hippo and croc attacks
8. The prices of basics (A bottle of conditioner was 8 US dollars)
9. Gangsta Rap
10. Techno Power Ballads
11. People holding hands (Not really something I can describe well in the blog, but an interesting sight none the less)
12. Wart hogs as lawn mowers
13. Jessica yelling at her boyfriend in the middle of the Kasane Chinese Market
14. The fact that all of my clothes have not seen a washing machine in 6 weeks. Hand washing in the sink does not cut it.
15. Victoria Falls!
16. The look on the owner of the hair salon when Jessica told her she wanted weave / braids. I amd pretty sure she is the first white girl to ever go into the salon
17. The lack of personal space
18. Cutting in line
19. Rehoboth Guest House in Gaberone Botswana. They thought we were odd, we thought they were odd. First time a lodge that they tried to get me to go to church
20. Restaurants in Botswana. Or shall I say the lack of them. Really Gabs??? Only fast food??
21. People staring at us everywhere we go
22. The fact that kids yell "white person, white person" when we would drive past (TaTa only later translated what they were saying to us)

TO BE CONTINUED.