God Bless the Animals

Look how cute that dog is! Aww its a Labrador.. and look! the other one.. its a Golden retriever oh my goodness they are just the swee.. WOOF..GROWL..CHASE..RUN!!

Dear Life: In Sudan Animals are evil.

Period

You remember how in England dogs can't wait to lick you and hug you and play! They get so happy when they see you or someone new and they love it when you take them for walks... And do you remember those foreigners (predominantly from the Middle East, North Africa or Asia) who freak out when they see your dog... and you always think what the hell...how can anyone be scared of such a gentle loyal creature...

Yeh.. Well this is why.

Here, animals roam around as freely as the people.The culture is too social for people to get attached to their animals and so very few people use dogs as anything other than guard dogs - Also cats are here predominantly to make sure there's no mouse in the house. This means that animals are not taken care of, and are wild - so when you walk down a dark ally, you're more affraid of being chased by a dog or bitten by one then anything else!

But there's a trick with dogs... If you lean down and pretend to pick up a rock the dogs gets it... he'll stop... turn around.. and run away...

You see, cats are just cats, they're the same everywhere, and the dogs are just like, well.. crazy... There's also stray lambs and sheep about.. but they're harmless...

But there's another thing.. the thing that is all over Sudan... ready to ruin your day... your food, your work... The thing you lock your doors from... and HATE...

Yes.. its called the 'Dobana' - This fly holds a bachelors degree in 'Human Irritation' And its not just a random fly that flies around.. no no no...

If your trying to sleep anytime after 9am it will come and land on your eyelash... your lip.. the tip of your nose... buzz around.. if you're eating it will decide to eat with you..(it digests extracellularly) And if you're drinking tea or coffee or juice and it can't drink some.. it will plonck itself in the middle of your drink.. and die..yes..it will sacrifice its life to ensure you don't enjoy your drink.

You might think, shoo it away? It comes back... to the exact same spot... kill it? It breeds faster than anything you can imagine.. and they come in large numbers... eventually you stop noticing it <-- haha thats a complete lie you don't, you just get over it.