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Photo of the Day (8/14/06)
Recently, on my personal site, I wrote about how my favourite part of travel wasn't seeing the famous monuments or landmarks, but rather the connections that I make with the people of the countries where I visit. I think that's why I was moved by this photo of a local Cameroon barber giving a tourist a haircut, taken by the indefatiguable localsurfer. He says, "Everywhere we go we have to have at least one photo of a barber shop. Dunno why, it's just what we do." I'm guessing it's because he values travel connections as much as I do.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Willy Aug 14th 2006 4:13PM
Super-cool photo. When I lived in Zambia, I got my haircut for a dollar when I'd go to town. It was a trip for me, and the Zambians seemed to get a kick out of cutting a white man's hair. They said it felt like grass.
Mizbiz Aug 14th 2006 4:48PM
I didn't get a haircut, but I once traded a boom box for a tooth extraction when I lived in Mexico! The dentist seemed more interested in the boom box than he was in money, so we cut a deal. He kind of gypped me on the novacaine though. I remember THAT implicitly. I also remember how he wrapped his arm around my head while pulling on the tooth. CERTAINLY not like my good ol' dentist NOW. :) It was quite an experience.