Hello,
I may be home, but I often think of the things I have seen or experienced. As you can see from the pictures there were not many sidewalks, and sometimes no paved road, including in front of the hospital. You could not see, but many people are walking. It is certainly one of the most popular modes of transportation. Lexi was quite comfortable greeting everyone. I wonder if it will be strange for her to come to the US and see so many white faces and almost no black faces. I think she will miss them.
We saw more than one guy who was fixing bikes along side the road. He brought his equipment and set up shop close to the road.
I also thought it was interesting to see the knife sharpener. He was on the area outside of a shopping mall. His business is easy to move along as needed.
As you can see from the pictures, construction is a different matter here. It is really much more like what we saw in Slovakia. As our brother-in-law Rex said, “What would OSHA say to that?” But it uses local materials and hopefully it stays up in the air. So there are some positives too.
There were many plants for sale along the sidewalk. Sarah tells, “Those plants are there all the time and people do not steal them. The rest of the venders put their things away at night. Seldom does it appear that anyone is even selling these plants.”
Stephen had a mild case of typhoid while we were visitng. He went to the local hospital said, “They were competent and it is much easier than going to our doctor.”
Paula
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