Kahama is a lost trade town: dustier and smaller than its lake-endowed northern neighbour Mwanza, its only assets are buried gold, a few hundred thousand residents and a dirt road that guides trucks from the rest of Tanzania to Rwanda. Google Maps shows it as a low-resolution swerve in the road. On the ground, it seems like every second building is a guest house.
Maybe I should have seen where this conversation was going, as I filled in my midrange hotel's registry:
"Company?" asked the landlady.
"No, I'm a student, I don't have a company," I replied.
"Company?" she asked again, watching my pen.
"Where do I write my company?" I queried, intending to jot down my school name.
Her patience was leaving. "You want company?"
"Ohhhhhhhhhhh. No, thank you."
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Beautiful.
low comedy:)
Ahah. Cultural misinterpretations lead to funny situations sometimes.
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