>>1318451The food is exotic, but nothing mind-blowing, mostly slow-stewed meat and veggies. The street food in the cities is fantastic though.
I just sleep in the open or stay with locals when the weather is bad. I don't bother carrying a tent.
English is widely spoken these days, but I also speak French and I've been using Peace Corps resources to learn Berber which is the language of the mountains.
Ever since watching Blood Diamond I want to go to Mozambique and run around the bush like Solomon and Archer. Apparently there are man-eating lions there though.