and asking for lunch or tea money
#cell phone and internet technology can be way ahead of everything in the first world (just got a mobile wifi hub)
#everyone's broke except for beer money
#crossing the road is an art; dodging cars, motorcycles, tuk tuks, other pedestrians, dust, dogs....
#every business is owned by a foreigner, the locals are drinking tea
#the phrase 'locals' does not sound wierd
#half the roads leading out of the capital city are closed due to insecurity
#everyone has a story about having to deal with national security
#the best bars in town are full of expatriates coming to save us from ourselves
#none of these expatriates have any idea what is happening in the country