I've been here for one hour, and it has already been an unbelievable, inconceivably amazing experience; an hour!!!
The airport was a sight (or rather, lack thereof because it was so small?), the airport exit had a ton of people, I found my people and the car ride turned out to be something straight out of the movies--no street lights, bumpy dirt roads, driving practices impractical/unimaginable in a Western world, and buildings and homes like I'd never seen before. And it's pitch black now, so imagine what it must be like in a few hours.
I lucked out with my place though; you can immediately tell just how poor this country really is, relative, at least, to the worlds I come from (no moral valuations being placed, mind you; poor in the strictest, fiscal sense, let's not get too philosophical about this).
Also, fortuitously my camera has begun to die.
Awesome.
Here's to an adventure...
Hope you're all well!
The airport was a sight (or rather, lack thereof because it was so small?), the airport exit had a ton of people, I found my people and the car ride turned out to be something straight out of the movies--no street lights, bumpy dirt roads, driving practices impractical/unimaginable in a Western world, and buildings and homes like I'd never seen before. And it's pitch black now, so imagine what it must be like in a few hours.
I lucked out with my place though; you can immediately tell just how poor this country really is, relative, at least, to the worlds I come from (no moral valuations being placed, mind you; poor in the strictest, fiscal sense, let's not get too philosophical about this).
Also, fortuitously my camera has begun to die.
Awesome.
Here's to an adventure...
Hope you're all well!
This sounds like you will have plenty of interesting adventures! I hope you keep us updated somehow, it's nice to hear what you have been up to :)
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