Of course, it's also *convenient* that there are several small grocery stores and even several "Western" grocery stores all within walking distance. We never lived within walking distance to a grocery store in America and had to drive to get everywhere.
It's inconvenient that we don't have a dishwasher, washing machine, or microwave oven. Most people here don't.
However, it is pretty *convenient* that we have a house girl who comes everyday and does our dishes, hand washes our clothes, mops the floors, and cooks our lunch for us.
It's inconvenient that there aren't any frozen dinners, boxed dinners, or other packaged "convenience" foods. There are no "fast food" restaurants here either.
I do find it *convenient* that I can buy very fresh and tasty tropical fruits quite near our house, and that my house girl can make us Africans doughnuts or fries for a snack. I also kind of like that there aren't fast food restaurants. All restaurants are sit down, and you go there to make a meal an event, and plan to spend time relaxing and talking before the food comes because it's never "fast".
Having to drive all the way down town to the post office to check our post office box because there is no mail delivery can be quite inconvenient (especially when we don't have a car)... but I DO like the fact that we get NO junk mail in our mail box, and when we do get mail it's cards, or packages from loved ones, or magazines. We don't even get our bills in our mail box (read the previous post), so only NICE things come in the mail. We usually only check it once a week.
Yes, there are many inconvenient things about living in Tanzania, some that I haven't gone into. I just don't let those overshadow the things that I love about living here.
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