Things are a little different here

When we first arrived in Antananarivo the end of July, it seems like my thinking was "this is not like home", or" I can't find this or that", or "I miss....".  I am so thankful that I have gotten over that kind of thinking!  Now, we can pretty much make do with whatever we find - sometimes we find what we need or something that will work, or we just do without - and it is usually okay.  Things are just different here!

When we were out at the airport recently, I went into the bathroom.  There is a room with four little stalls with doors (thank goodness!), two for men and two for women.  Sure glad I had my tissues in my purse!  When I went out to wash my hands, standing next to some man washing his, is when I noticed the roll of toilet paper hanging on the door knob of the door out to the terminal.  Things are a little different here!

We came home one night after a really busy week, when about all we would do at home is go to bed, and instead of a big black dog waiting for us - we found a big old slug crawling around on our kitchen floor!

Building practices here are a little different.  The house they are building next to our house basically has no mortar between the bricks.  Sure hope there is never an earthquake here, this is how all of the buildings are built.  After they get the brick all up, they put a layer of plaster over it so that it looks like it is a nice, solid concrete building.

The scaffolding on building projects is a lot like in Hong Kong.

As they build the next floor on top, they put bamboo all throughout the inside top floor to hold up the roof/floor of the next story.

Sometimes 'things' just disappear, like the sidewalk that connects this stairway to the side of the road!
You have to be really careful where you walk!  Lots of hidden hazards!

As cars drive down the streets, if they get a flat tire or have engine problems, they just stop right where the are and fix it.  Doesn't matter that their are LOTS of cars wanting to get around them.  When it's fixed they will go!  Things are different here!

Things are different, but every day is a new adventure.  What adventures we are having!