Top 10 Reasons You Know You're in Guinea.

10. you can't remember the last time you pooped solid.
9. you no longer speak any languages fluently.
8. you can't tell the differences between tan lines and dirt lines.
7. if you haven't eaten rice, you haven't eaten.
6. you think running water, indoor plumbing, electricity and windows are a luxury and unnecessary.
5. the sun goes down so it's time to go to bed.
4. when a collared shirt is business attire.
3. when roads turn into rivers during the rainy season.
2. when children see you and immediately burst into tears.


and the number 1 reason...


1. you see another white person and think: WHO IS THAT AND DO I KNOW THEM?



For all her misgivings, she's a wonderful lady.  She's nice, gentle, outgoing and humble.  Her children are happy with the little they have and thankful for all they're given.  She'll show you the most magnificent waterfalls and forests; things you only ever imagined in your dreams.  She's full of heartbreak, but hope; poverty, but resilience; pause, but progress.  She's beautiful, she's kind, she's everything you want in someone when you start this adventure of a lifetime. She's Guinea.