I'm not saying we have it all rosy - not at all, but I realize that we take SOOOOO much for granted and I'll try not too when I get back .... or at least be more grateful for what we do have.
Lets start with roads - some of the main roads are made up and are as good as ours. BUT and its a big but - they go downhill rapidly (literally - its a hilly city) - so they seem to either be made up or they're not. Last week when I had a trip to Kent, we went on a new dirt road that was being made - it was flat, wide and I assume it will be surfaced - but dusty? Wow it was so dusty that we had to shut the windows and put lights on, the visibility was so poor. Along the side of the road, cars were literally covered in the red dust. No problem? Maybe not but there were lots of people living and working just along the side - an extra challenge to laundry indeed!
Closer to where I am in the hotel, its an unmade road - dusty, but not busy so not too much of a problem..... bear in mind mine is a good hotel .
The road I walk to the office - 10 minutes round the corner is another scale again - and I can only imagine (and I don't like to really) how horrendous it is in the wet season..... with the open drain channels along the sides (which its quite ok to pee in by the way) - its not that surprising that there was a nasty cholera outbreak here in 2012.
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