For example, some of the things I've gotten used to and don't think twice about anymore....
1) Sleeping on a sponge mattress supported by lake reeds as a bed.
2) Flea bites covering your body after a good nights sleep.
3) Daily sweeping up of bat poop that falls from your ceiling/roof.
4) 23 hour taxi brousse rides with 14 people crammed into a minivan while kids puke beside you, and a creepy man falls asleep on your shoulder.
5) Women pulling out their breasts to feed their babies (or toddlers) in the post office, bank, market, or taxi brousse.
6) Men, women, kids and elderly squatting on the side of the road to relieve themselves at the “rest stops” during a long taxi brousse ride.
7) Taxi brousses running out of gas on the way to the predetermined destination and having to siphon gas out of a passing car after waiting 2 hours for any car to pass.
8) Eating rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Everyday. For 2 years.
9) Standing up while going to the bathroom. It now feels weird to sit, so a toilet shall magically appear, I still stand while using it out of habit.
10) Watching women carry a bucket of water in their hand, with their babies strapped to their backs with a cloth, all while balancing a basket of heavy market purchases on their head. All without spilling a drop of water. Talk about multitasking!
11) Men driving motorcycles or bicycles with 3 children on the handlebars, courier rack and frame, without even the slightest fear that it could be dangerous.
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