'Waiting' is Africans' main activity. They always wait. Never have I seen in Europe so many people just sitting around and... waiting. The so called 'Ítalian strike' (the one in which you work as usual but do everything 10 times slower) seems to be existent all around this place. People here wait for different things. The fact that you are standing in front of the person is not clear enough - you must really emphasize it using all possible methods. Otherwise, you're waiting too. The more people are in the group, the longer the waiting as waiting for each person may not be synchronised and as a result you get to wait a long, long time... Another property of waiting is that it is very contagious. After being here for nearly three weeks I am slowly getting used to it. There is no reason to fuss or expect apologies, you just have to accept it. The sooner, the better. Seems like African day is just longer and they can simply afford to do so. 

I came to a conclusion, that the Western picture of Africa being such a horrible place to live is just nothing more than a very subjective and unfair approach to the topic. Western world judges places by wealth. The more money country A has, the better place to live it is. But I respect Africans for clearly not giving a fuck about it. They might not have iPads, airconditioning or dishwashers but I can guarantee you most of them are way happier than you surrounded with all your possessions. Spending time around Dar, especially with the locals made me realise that Africa will never reach the Western level of development. And it's not because as some people say - they are hundreds years behind us. They are not. They are in 2013, just like we are. They simply chose a different path of living. Different hopes, dreams and expectations from life. Of course I am not talking about people who suffer from extreme hunger and poverty, because this is an undoubtedly horrible thing and people should not live in such conditions, but here in Dar I can surely say that I have seen just as many beggars as in any other city I've been to or maybe even less. People might not be as wealthy (again, in Western terms), but the surrounding world is accustomed so that they can live their lives having as much as they do.

P.S. Tomorrow and Friday are public holidays, which is why I'm going to Arusha (that's where Kilimanjaro is) and from there I'm going on a safari to Tarangire National Park. Ciao!