Ugandans and, by extension, Uganda is one of the most polite people that I have ever encountered. These people are warm as the sun that graces the hilly land mass. It starts from the airport – the immigration agents are fast, easy, and amenable in personality.
Every time you are introduced to a Ugandan, they will respond by telling you that “you are most welcome.” You will hear this over and over, everyday. This is the most common greeting. Second to ‘you are most welcome’ is ‘yes please.’ Any visitor to this country will be hard pressed, not to be impressed by the warmth spirit of the people... truly friendly!
As always, in any of the developing world, there will always people who will see you as an opportunity and that is what you will have to guard against. This is not exclusive to this country ... but with good bargaining skills (here, I think my ADR negotiation skills came in handy...:) – I even invoked ‘common goals and interests’) you can negotiate a fair price for everything!
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haha in ADR i remember thinking... anyone who has travelled/lived anywhere where you have to bargain has already learned a lot of this...
ReplyDeletegood to know Ugandans are friendly tho!
PS. what's with the messed up order of your posts?? not to be nitpicky or anything ;)
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