Story of the Day #1

Do you drink water?

It’s 30 degrees and we have almost 100% humidity. After more than six hours driving through the Cameroonian highlands we’re about to reach Checkpoint Nr. 8. It’s always the same procedure: car papers, driving license, passport and after they realize that nothing is missing, it is time to find a creative reason for not letting us continue our journey. But then our driver asks: „Mister do you drink water?“ It’s an indirect question to ask the officer if he needs a little extra money, to speed things up. Within seconds all our problems are solved and we can continue our ride.