1.
Children screaming “excuuuuuse me”, “where do you go?” and “Obamaaaaaaa”
2.
Paying next to nothing for transport to travel
the length of a country 2 ½ times as long as California
3.
Being able to take a nap during the “work week”
and not feeling guilty for it
4.
Eating matapa with coconut rice
5.
Sitting on the side of the road in the blazing
hot sun for hours waiting for a ride, then being picked up by some awesome
people in an air-conditioned SUV with great music
6.
Walking into the SCIP Nampula office and
spending over an hour just walking around greeting and catching up with
co-workers
7.
Snorkeling at the islands of 2 archipelagos
8.
Treasuring a Saturday night spent with friends,
frango, and cerveja
9.
Making the best of what you’ve got. Sure, we
didn´t have turkey on Thanksgiving but we did have tons of other delicious
foods!
10.
The things yelled at soccer games-“Boa!”,
“Isso!” Everything is just so much funnier in Portuguese
11.
Calling up a fellow PCV to vent because they
know exactly what you’re going
through. And laughing by the end of the conversation
12.
Thinking you’ve died and gone to heaven when you
enter a store that sells peanut butter, cheese, oats and chocolate
13.
Christmas Eve on a deserted island with no
electricity- nothing but beach, friends, a campfire and unforgettable memories
14. Singing all the wrong words to Portuguese/Makua/Xangana music. The Mozambicans really get a kick out of it, too
15.
Care packages!!!!!!!
16.
Mango season. And eating them for breakfast,
lunch and dinner because its just too hot to make anything
17.
Grown men in Hello Kitty t-shirts or a used
cheerleader’s sweatshirt
18.
Going to bed at 8pm because it’s completely
normal and there’s really nothing else to do
19.
Watching whole series of some great television
shows-The Sopranos, The Wire, Friday Night Lights
20.
Mandar-ing people to do things for you- run to
the market to buy bread, return empty beer bottles, carry your suitcase on the top of their
head
