okay fine the smell..

everyone asks.. what does africa smell like.. i have refrained from answering that. i think tanzania has that typical african smell.. rwanda smells like hot heat, then wet..like wet big rain drops.. then it smells like red dust. like human bodies sweating in a bus. it smells like eucalyptus. it smells like cows. it smells like goats. it smells like fresh clean clothes that have been hung dry in the sun. it smells like shards of glass hitting the pavement. it smells like coal fires. it smells like fried food cooking. it smells like beans. it smells like the perfect small bananas. it smells like coffee. like really really fresh coffee. it smells like red. it smells like something hiding and deeper then you can smell. the smell has no direction. The smell just hits you. it is this and then it is that. it changes so fast you can't stop and know where. it just hits you. and you smell. like money circulating with out an end. like the rwandan frank is literally disintegrating and then gets revived with a shining coin. the smell. confusing. complicated. messy. interesting. real. depth with no corners. no hiding. exposed.