Monday 11 May 2009


Everywhere you walk you get a crowd - its a bit like being the Pied Piper, or at least I get an idea how the queen must feel now, because everyone stares at you and waves like you are royalty. We had just gone for a long walk around the other side of the valley one day and this was one of the first crowds we picked up so they got their photo taken. They had not started to ask us for "amafaranga" ie money at this stage, because they were not used to seeing musungus in their area. But they probably did. It seems to be becoming the greeting when they see us to ask for money without even bothering to say hello sometimes. You can understand it if you think about it. But it is hard to be constantly bombarded with it.

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