- falling asleep to barking dogs is apparently normal (we aren't just talking one dog here… it sounds like there's a dog fight going on)
- when they say a cold shower, they mean a cold shower
- if you can tear your eyes away from the tin and mud/stick walls, the opening to the outside where the tin roof doesn't fully cover makes for a nice view from the shower
- 11 passenger vans means 20 people can fit
- carrots and cabbage make a delicious pizza topping
- the most beautiful hospitality and kindness can be found here in the slums. From the cloth curtain hung for me on the shower so I didn't have to move the tin door, along with the chair to place my towel on, to the soap box and washing pad that I received as a gift.
- a rat is the same thing as a mouse
- amharic, though pronounced one way, when broken down syllable by syllable sounds completely different
