* Seattle gets 3 ft of rain each year. Sierra Leone gets 16 ft/year - all during the rainy season (June - October)
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| Typical Rain Day (Note the massive amount of water overflowing everywhere) |
* The record LOW temperature is 68 degrees F (19 C), which is the lowest record high of any other african country.
* The average number of children per woman is 6.3.
* Largest export is diamonds, but mostly unpolished, which are of significant less worth than polished diamonds.
* There are no peanut butter or peanut manufacturing companies in the country (sucks for our NGO, Project Peanut Butter)
What to do if you hit someone with your car:
1) Very few people around: take the person to the hospital.
2) Lots of people around, don't even bother getting out and drive away quickly or else you might get killed.
Sierra Leoneons are very nice and friendly, but people forget that they've been through a war. So when something happens, they fuel each other on, and it can get ugly. They're really tough because that's how they got through the war. As someone said, "It's like a switch." One moment they are the friendliest people, and the next, they're beating someone to death. Someone I met talked about how they were heading to church when rocks started being hurled around. Turned out something had caused the people to turned on the police, and the police were retreating. It's kind of unnerving to know that the police have no control other than creating traffic.
Language fun:
* Bus means cat
* In Krio: e sounds like "a", i sounds like "e", ay sounds like "i"...
* I "flash" you means calling someone briefly to give them your number
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