Rainbolt Travel Diary

Strange but True

Despite living in Africa the kids have had 2 out of 4 soccer games rained out.

The checkout counters at grocery stores in Lagos have cash drawers large enough to serve as sock drawers and a bill counter. When items have price tags in the ten thousands, but the most common denomination is a 500 note, the bill counter comes in handy.

In Go-slows you can by glass bottles filled with peanuts, and plastic bags filled with water.

A family of four, with four keys to their apartment, can lock themselves out of said apartment on a Friday afternoon.

Even though a family of four lives less that 100 yards from their work and school, they will frequently have to sprint out of their home to avoid being late to work.

A one hour tennis lesson can leave a person gasping for air, with legs so wobbly he or she can barely walk up three flights of stairs.

Provided with the motivation of a dinner out, 6 full sized adults can fit inside a Toyota Corolla.


You can always find players for wiffelball on the beach.

It is possible to give a homework assginment every day and have every student turn in the homework assignment.

In even a highly motivated group of high school students, there is at least one person who can not put his or her name on an assignment.

In Africa your glasses or camera lens will fog up when you walk OUTSIDE.

You can experience total darkness when the power goes of at 5 in the morning and you are in the shower.

The best place to store Lucky Charms, sugar, flour, and other ant friendly foods is in the freezer.

The roar of a generator starting up can be a very reassuring thing.

If a cockroach does not want to be flushed down the toliet, it can not be flushed down the toliet. Even if it has died.


Bryan Slater may be an awebo, but he barters like an Igbo.