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Alright so heres the thing, Tanzania is packed pretty tight, about as tight as our whole countary of Canada! So needless to say getting around can be really annoying when there is only one car, after talking with my folks about the waste of gas using a big car to do little tasks I began to start talking about how great a motorcycle would be, just as a joke mind you, but my folks began to put some very serious thinking into this idea and after a month...I now have a bike to do tasks for Starehe, as well as a personal way of getting around on my off day. Now some of you might be asking "Mike wheres the funny?" while others might be praying "Oh God, please don't let him make another lame joke!" Getting the license to drive here was no joking matter, yet was extremely funny.
I took my Canadian Drivers Licence to the Tanzania Tax Rev which will now be refered to as (TRA) to get a transfer, they gave me a form to fill out and then sent me to the police station. Once at the police station, a very interesting officer told me that I had to go back to the TRA, I asked why, and he said "Because they do not send you here, we send you there, then they send you here" so I had to go back to the TRA, just so that I could get sent back to the police station...but its not over yet!
I then had to provide them with three passport photos, and a copy of my Canadian Licence, then another copy of my licence, just incase the first one was a fake...then I would normally be tested on there road signs (which make no sense half the time, I SWEAR one of them means incoming meteors) but the police officer couldn't be bothered today cause he was sleepy, so I filled out all the forms then....got sent back to the TRA, to fill out another form, pay a fee for the test I never took, and then....you guessed it, got sent back to the police station, to have them re-check my brandnew licence. then I finally got to leave.
This took the span of three days cause I didn't have half the stuff I needed, (it was changing day to day). So there is my insane update and weird/lame/funny story...Next Post: Keep Your Left Hand to Yourself see yeah then :D
Alright so heres the thing, Tanzania is packed pretty tight, about as tight as our whole countary of Canada! So needless to say getting around can be really annoying when there is only one car, after talking with my folks about the waste of gas using a big car to do little tasks I began to start talking about how great a motorcycle would be, just as a joke mind you, but my folks began to put some very serious thinking into this idea and after a month...I now have a bike to do tasks for Starehe, as well as a personal way of getting around on my off day. Now some of you might be asking "Mike wheres the funny?" while others might be praying "Oh God, please don't let him make another lame joke!" Getting the license to drive here was no joking matter, yet was extremely funny.
I took my Canadian Drivers Licence to the Tanzania Tax Rev which will now be refered to as (TRA) to get a transfer, they gave me a form to fill out and then sent me to the police station. Once at the police station, a very interesting officer told me that I had to go back to the TRA, I asked why, and he said "Because they do not send you here, we send you there, then they send you here" so I had to go back to the TRA, just so that I could get sent back to the police station...but its not over yet!
I then had to provide them with three passport photos, and a copy of my Canadian Licence, then another copy of my licence, just incase the first one was a fake...then I would normally be tested on there road signs (which make no sense half the time, I SWEAR one of them means incoming meteors) but the police officer couldn't be bothered today cause he was sleepy, so I filled out all the forms then....got sent back to the TRA, to fill out another form, pay a fee for the test I never took, and then....you guessed it, got sent back to the police station, to have them re-check my brandnew licence. then I finally got to leave.
This took the span of three days cause I didn't have half the stuff I needed, (it was changing day to day). So there is my insane update and weird/lame/funny story...Next Post: Keep Your Left Hand to Yourself see yeah then :D
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