Yes, it's hot. Imagine my surprise if it was 52 and cloudy.
The biggest surprise so far: the noise. Car horns, radios blaring, preachers preaching in makeshift churches, all manner of autos, dogs barking, roosters crowing.
Life is lived in the open, on the street, on balconies, in courtyards. Families and neighbors gather to watch one tv or listen to a radio at full volume. Bars (that is, stands with a table or two selling bottles of beer and what looks like bottom shelf booze) are open meeting places. Even inside restaurants and higher end bars, music and tv volumes are very high.
As far as I can tell so far, though, people keep early hours. Up and out early in the morning and to bed early. Even I, the avowed nightowl, have been early to bed and early to rise. Another surprise!
"looks" like or "tastes" like?
ReplyDeleteDon't be surprised if it's 52 tomorrow.
I haven't tasted it. I did see a bottle of Four Roses!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QLSRMoKKS0
ReplyDeleteI remember the DJs on radio stations in Zimbabwe (also blaring at full blast much of the time)would constantly talk DURING most of the songs. I've never heard that anywhere else in the world, but it was a riot to try to listen to a song only to have the DJ talking throughout.
ReplyDeleteThey do that here too! It's amazing.
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