Cravings

Traveling to Africa comes with a complimentary dose of culture shock that I experienced in my first couple of weeks here. I missed so much about America and had a difficult adjustment to the way things worked here in Tanzania. As I finish up my work and look back on my time here, the shock has subsided and I am realizing that there are aspects of life here that I will miss a lot.

Things I missed about America:
-a hot shower, where I could stand without holding the faucet head
-washing machines, and not having crunchy clothes when they come out of the dryer
-good cheese
-fresh brewed coffee
-reliable internet
-perfume

Things I did not miss about America:
-driving 45 minutes to clinic everyday
-12 hour nightshifts
-18 degree mornings and scraping off my windshield
-high priced everything

Things I will miss about Tanzania:
-the produce!
-the constantly blooming flowers
-greeting everyone in the street
-deep fried everything
-the babies wrapped up in kangas

Things I will not miss about Tanzania:
-dumping out the bucket of leaking toilet water three times a day
-dala dalas
-mosquito nets
-body odor
-power outages every day
-being called 'mzungu'