Chapter 455: To Central Africa
Before setting foot on that strange and mysterious land in Africa, the Friday Five, including Liu Jingxin, were more or less apprehensive. I have heard that it is poor and backward, with all kinds of fatal diseases rampant, ferocious wild animals everywhere, and the temperature is crushingly high, and the people there are poor and backward and extremely unfriendly......
All kinds of hearsay, Liu Jingxin has a very bad impression of the tropical African region.
Although they are all abroad, in Dongying, everyone does not feel so uncomfortable, after all, Huaguo and Dongying are both yellow people, and it is difficult to distinguish nationality if they don't speak.
But in Africa, it is different, with different skin colors and physical characteristics, Liu Jingxin will be destined to become an outlier in the eyes of others.
Even Zhang Xun, who has always been arrogant, will use analogies to express his worries: "Are the people there terrifying, murderous, tyrannical?"
But when they arrived at Banjimpoco International Airport in Central Africa, they found that their previous fears were completely unnecessary.
Blacks are everywhere, but yellows and whites are everywhere, and the airport is modern and no one looks at them as if the locals weren't so new to foreigners.
Looking at Zhang Xun and the others, who were getting more and more excited, Liu Chengnan smiled faintly and poured a basin of cold water.
"We must be very careful here, we can't act alone, and we all listen to the guide. Unlike South Africa, where there is a lot of internal armed conflict, and although the national armed groups and the remaining 14 armed groups have signed peace agreements, small misfires have occurred from time to time. Also, everyone had better be steady, on the way the tour guide will explain to you some of the customs and taboos here, please don't look at the people here with a conventional cognition, maybe you have a casual action, it will cause a fatal disaster. ”
The originally relaxed atmosphere suddenly became tense again, Zhang Xun not only didn't even say any more jokes, but even his face changed.
Da Yang, who has always been considered timid and scared, seems to be relatively calm, and there is no panic in him.
This big guy is just afraid of unknown bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods, but he is really not afraid of people.
After waiting at the airport for a long time, when everyone was discussing whether to find a new tour guide, I saw a short black man waving his arms high to greet him.
This person is the tour guide Kasai found by the program team, a local, who can communicate in basic Chinese.
Although Kase was very unpunctual, he was very enthusiastic, and the first thing he did when he came over was to give everyone a warm hug. However, he may have not taken a shower for too long, the smell on his body is really a little strong, and his hug is really not disgusting.
He didn't care about everyone's performance, and led everyone out of the airport with a smile and found a bus he had arranged.
Walking out of the airport gate, there was immediately a wave of heat rushing in the air, and the smell of sand and soil being burned in the air made people feel hot in their lungs, which was very uncomfortable.
But compared to the air here, the bleak scenery outside the airport gave Liu Jingxin an impact.
Liu Jingxin thought that the environment outside the airport in Baguoka City was already very bad, but he really didn't expect that there would be a worse environment than there.
As far as the eye can see, outside the airport area, in addition to the strong wind that rolls the sand, it is the wild growth of plants, and looking back at the appearance of this airport, it is not much different from the bus passenger station in the domestic county.
Now Zhang Xun and the others really feel the pressure, no one laughs anymore, and they all get on the bus in silence to find a place to sit down.
After everyone was seated, the bus started slowly in a burst of convulsions.
Kase stood at the front with a dirty saddle backrest, and introduced himself in broken Chinese, in addition to simple height and weight, he was more boasting of his skills, saying that he had a relationship with the boss of such and such an organization, saying how heroic he was in the war, that saliva splashed and a proud look on his face, saying that he had created a global human civilization, it is estimated that he could immediately say "yes" excitedly.
The inside of this bus is very dirty and messy, I don't know how long it has not been cleaned and cleaned, it looks very uncomfortable, and Kasai talks endlessly like a chatterbox, which is really about to make Liu Jingxin and them get motion sickness.
In the end, Liu Chengnan couldn't listen anymore, got up with a smile and politely interrupted Kasai's self-boasting, and asked Kase to introduce some habits and taboos to everyone.
Through Kase's introduction, everyone has a general understanding of this country.
Before the major organizations jointly signed a peace agreement, it was so chaotic that it couldn't be more chaotic, there would be armed conflicts in different places every day, and many ordinary people would be affected every day, and people would not even live as well as cats and dogs.
After the signing of the peace agreement, the security situation in the country has been greatly improved, but it has only improved, and it is not really as safe as imagined, and some small conflicts will occur from time to time, and crimes such as robbery and shooting will often be staged in all corners of the country.
Basically, apart from journalists, construction aids, and people from embassies of various countries, there are almost no foreign tourists who come here, and no one will think so much about traveling here.
It's no wonder that it's so hard to get a visa here, and it's so hard to wait for a flight here.
The customs here are also very different from those in China, people's hairstyles no longer exist for the sake of good looks, and different hairstyles represent different meanings.
For example, a woman with a shaved head represents that she has lost her husband, a cockscomb head represents a tribute to the chicken god, and an unkempt head indicates that a funeral is taking place at home......
As for the small dreadlocks that are commonly found on women, they are not entirely for the pursuit of beauty, but more for the protection of parasites.
People here have not washed their hair for a long time, and even in some places have not washed their hair for a lifetime, if their hair is not tied into a thin whip, it can easily become a breeding ground for all kinds of parasites.
Also, the words "African" and "black" must not be mentioned here, especially in English. These words sound derogatory to the locals, and they do not recognize or accept them, which is a big taboo.
In addition to this taboo, there are many other taboos, such as not eating all meals, women not being allowed to go out alone, asking permission to take pictures, shaking hands firmly, and not using many commonly used gestures until you know what they mean locally.
In addition to these, there are some things to pay attention to in life.
Anything else is fine, but you must pay attention to the charging plug.
The wires and lines here are different from other countries, and there must be an adapter joint, otherwise mobile phones, computers, etc. will not know how to break.
As he was talking, the car stopped with a sudden stop. He wanted to turn his head and scold the driver, but after seeing the scene outside through the front windshield, his face immediately became very ugly.