You like African massage? I thought I had misunderstood, but no, my tuk tuk driver was asking if I wanted an African massage, he repeated it several times. I didn’t quite know what to say. It had come out of the blue, one minute we are laughing, the next he is offering me a massage. I mean, seriously.
He sensed danger and nervously said, the road, bumpy, African massage.
And then it clicked! We laughed really hard, me from relief and he, grateful for being out of danger. It turns out that I am quite a pro at getting the African massage. Tarmac roads in Lalibela, Ethiopia’s most visited tourist attraction are pretty much non-existent and the few uphill cobbled roads available are a very rough massage.
But no matter, look east and tadaa, the African massage will soon be a distant memory. Xi’s Yuan is everywhere, Lalibela is getting shiny new roads soon and there are plenty more roads being constructed elsewhere.
I say tread carefully my friends! It could be a long and slippery road.