My home for the next 5 weeks is a reasonable sized village i'd say. There is a tarmac road running along the north end of town with the garages, bus station and hospital and then a 2km tarmaced loop around the 'village'. All the remaining roads are mud/dust tracks stretching for miles covered by coffee/banana/seetcorn plantations - each plot is not very large and could certainly not be used to serve any purpose other than selling at the local market. There are mud/concrete houses scattered all around, people taking enormous pride in their home, sweeping and cleaning everyday. The tarmaced route through the centre of town is lined with tailoring shops, bikonjes (small rooms to have a drink and snack), general shops (consisting of a 3x4m room and the back wall covered with anything and everything),
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