Universal Truths

Kids are kids, boys are boys, pombe (beer) is pombe (beer)

Public transportation is the same: crowded, sometimes smelly, and usually involves an invasion of personal space.

Don’t take candy from strangers...even if it goes against the norm to refuse food in the local culture

The boys you want to pay attention to you won’t and the boys you don’t want to pay attention to you will refuse to stop.

House parties are the same on any continent: music, booze, and ridiculous conversations are the key ingredients 

If they think they can ripe you off, they will...every time one of us tries to buy something here we’re always told “For you mzungu price” which means way more than local prices, but the same thing happens at home... car dealerships for instance.

There is box wine everywhere.

Cheap liquor always gives you a hangover...even if it is the “spirit of the nation”

Women get territorial everywhere.

It doesn’t matter how slowly you speak, if the person you’re talking to doesn’t know you’re language they aren’t going to understand what you’re saying.

Don’t get in cars with strangers, you don’t know when or where or if they will drop you off.

If you wake up everyday thankful for the realization that you’re still breathing, the day will always turn out to be a good one.