Things I've Learned in Africa

1.  Pet chameleons are easy to lose.

2.  When you visit a village, the kids will rub your skin to see if the white comes off.

3.  Hypnotizing chickens is not only possible but is also hysterical (and rather addicting).

4.  When you line-dry your laundry and you didn’t quite get all the soap out, all your clothes will be a bit crispy.

5.  Roosters don’t have snooze buttons.

6.  The conversation at the dinner table with people from so many different countries, languages, and cultures can be very entertaining.

7.  On a windy day, everything in our room without window panes will be covered in a layer of dirt.

8.  Popcorn made over a gas burner is way better than in the microwave!

9.  The giant spider in the bathroom is more afraid of me than I am of him.

10.  Black Adders like to join you for your beach bonfire.

11.  When you tell a Zambian that there is a Black Adder at your beach bonfire, he'll hunt it down and kill it with nothing but the bristly end of a broom.

12.  No matter how hard you scrub, some dirt just never comes off.