5. The hot months will be Jan - Mar. Just like Provo's June - Sept spell, we will probably wish we could take a 3 month sabbatical from paradise around this time.
4. Contrary to what I thought was a sure thing in a French-Indian culture, the restaurants are, unfortunately, crap. Ok, maybe that is too harsh but we have yet to be inspired.
3. You MUST be a confident driver: Overtaking here is madness. MADness. Just like weather, when it comes to drivers, I know that everyone believes the city they live in, or have just come from visiting, has the worst. Let's all just admit that there are bad drivers everywhere and each place has it's own traits. Well, here people overtake like they're all in the Indy 500 or like the person with them is in labour or like simply being one car ahead will relieve the massive tumour that must be growing in their prefrontal cortex. I can't think of any other reason for them all to take everyone's life into their hands as they approach the back of the car in front of them ahead of turns, blind crests, roundabouts and even spectacularly close on-coming traffic.
2. The bananas in Chameral taste like banana cream pie.... yuuummm.
1. This is the land of the 'misunderstanding'. First pointed out to us by Nigel (Chris's coworker), it's a somewhat different situation from not understanding English or not someone just not 'getting' you. It's a combination of both with a different 'island' feeling to it. When you're receiving customer service, generally the english is quite good, and they ask all the right questions, leaving you and happy sure you will get what you want. But then you are ever so disappointed when, say, the internet line is not reconnected and it takes 5 followup calls, 4 emails and 3 written letters to find yourself in the same place 2 weeks later. Oh well, at least we have internet.
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