You get delayed 45 mins due to VIP traffic. The traffic in question is the president of said country who commisioned the national airline. You(a pilot for the national airline) are disciplined for the delay because "blame the mzungu" is the easiest explanation for all problems. You see a UN md-80 or 737 operating with less than 15 on board, both inbound and outbound. Radar is available but only to the military. HIV infection rate is estimated to be above 20% of the adult population yet you can't smoke within 10 m of a doorway due to strict anti-smoking legislation that is enforced. Beggars and street urchins ignore the African next to you wearing a nice suit and driving a new LandCruiser but surround your beat up 4x4 with open palms and gaunt faces. You know you've been here awhile if you won't get into anything registered 9Q-....At night, there are more lights above the horizon than below it. Tribes have been fighting for hundreds of years but it's still the fault of the colonials. You get made fun of for using a seat belt. The ILS, VOR and marker beacons are inop but you get fined for starting engines in your new a/c without a marshaller because "it's unsafe". You've been hit by a tractor on the apron. You abort a takeoff with someone on a 3-mile final and are still on the runway. Tower tells the approaching a/c to go missed. The captain states in an uber confident and baritone voice that "we can make it". Btw, no one knows why you aborted the takeoff and you're only 200 meters from the approach end and there might be parts of a GE turbine behind you, your parking brake is set, the a/c in question that is quickly approaching your 6 is of the large turbine variety, vmc conditions prevail and you have told the tower several times that you are still on the runway yet they are cleared to land anyway(idiots). You are not permitted to land until the controller sees your a/c. The controller will not divulge any of his top secret information as to type, altitude, dme or radial of possible conflicting traffic. The same controller has caused 3 near mid-airs in the last 6 months with you alone.