But here in Uganda, everywhere I have been, the people do not walk: they saunter. Literally and figuratively. When an appointment is made for a certain time, the implication is, well, to meet sometime within an hour of that time. When setting up a list of things to do in a given day, one must keep in mind that only one task on that list will actually end up completed (no matter how minute the tasks). People amble in to work sometime in the vicinity of the beginning of the work day, and they leave sometime around when their work day ends. And nobody ever runs (or even hurries).
It all takes some getting used to. Those who know me can probably attest that my mind races around at a pace only matched by recent particle accelerators. As often as not, I'll simply jog or run to my destination instead of walking. So I'm trying hard to acclimatize myself to this sauntering culture.
I have more I could write, but I'll let my ideas seep out gradually through subsequent posts. They'll get here eventually, so why hurry? And if they don't, oh well. (How am I doing?)