tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955271.post6418556710711384904..comments2024-03-08T01:48:00.413-08:00Comments on Austin to Africa, Brasil to the Bay: Long-HaulAli Ambrosiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521627345210424042noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955271.post-78372069147168767872008-03-18T00:27:00.000-07:002008-03-18T00:27:00.000-07:00~Linda - I am one of the most cynical people you c...~Linda - I am one of the most cynical people you could ever hope to meet with regard to "development" work, but I honestly have it in my head that this situation will change. Perhaps it will take 20 years, but I have that vision. I hope I'm right!<BR/><BR/>~Anonymous - Yes, T.I.A. for now. But I feel like this complacent attitude (we are so poor, we are helpless, we depend on donations, we can't be expected to do anything other than simply survive) - while certainly reflective of a very large part of this country's reality - is incredibly damaging. Of course things will never change if this is the image you have of yourself and your country!<BR/><BR/>Increasingly I see cases where people *do* go above and beyond to provide customer service or make a business work, despite absolute poverty and other difficult situations. There are people here with significantly different attitudes to the woman at the baggage counter, and it is these people in the end that will bring about progress.Ali Ambrosiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521627345210424042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955271.post-82169181288885930082008-03-18T00:07:00.000-07:002008-03-18T00:07:00.000-07:00T.I.A - This Is AfricaT.I.A - This Is AfricaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955271.post-36626812976411802612008-03-17T23:28:00.000-07:002008-03-17T23:28:00.000-07:00I think the male passenger was right but I also do...I think the male passenger was right but I also don't think things will change in your country. I guess the company thinks you are lucky to arrive at all with or without luggage.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041872314763651462noreply@blogger.com