We are staying in a highly rated trip advisor hotel. It is not a “bubble hotel” where everything is well the same as everywhere. Here we are definitely getting immersed into the culture here - the good and the bad.
The good - we went out to a local restaurant. It was valentines night and the little restaurant was really alive. There was a band and the whole restaurant was throwing itself into the night. They were all thrilled to be there and there was lots of singing about Africa. Doug ordered crocodile for dinner. I had cat ( kidding Teri- but Doug really had crocodile.
The bad - Getting home was as scary as it gets. The hotel owner told us Do Not Walk The Block And AHalf Home. You will not make it. Doug had forgotten his phone to get an Uber so we were stuck. I asked the restaurant lady to call us a cab. She did but it never came. The restaurant lady told us not to go out alone as it is so dangerous. Long time passes and finally one woman at the restaurant gets a security guy to escort us. Now he had a big chain that he clearly knew how to use. We leave the restaurant and round the corner. There are 2 “ugly” guys waiting in the shadows as predicted. One guy was obviously at the final stage of AIDS and one guy had a gun. As we walked past them they came up and started asking us for money. The security guy moved his chain out and right then two other security guys appeared. The ugly guys crossed the street but I was shaking.
Now this is all the local Color I need.
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