>>20664408Just focus on the good parts of Africa because this is a trip that'll be ingrained in your memory for the rest of your life, especially if it's your first experience in Africa.
Yeah, beware the big rip off artists. I had protection in Ethiopia, as a representative of the US Department of State and as a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church who was baptized with permission of the Patriarch himself, so maybe people in my neighborhood -- just a regular "middle class" Ethiopian neighborhood -- who knew about me didn't mess with me.
