Back to Moshi

A lot of Tanzanians pretend to speak english, when really they're just saying "yes" and "no" at random.  It's really annoying, because instead of finding someone else, or using simpler english, or pantomining, or whatever, you just get some idiot saying "yes" to all your questions.

How far is it?  "yes"
Where's a good place to eat?  "Yes."
and so on.

Here's the conversation I had with the hotel manager as I tried to find the bus stop that would take me back to Moshi:

Scott: "Where is the bus stop?"
Manager: "yes."
Scott: "That wasn't a yes or no question."
Manager: "yes."
Scott: "I need to go to Moshi.  How do I get to Moshi?"
Manager: "yes"
Scott: "Moshi, dalla dalla (minibus)"
Manager: "yes"
Scott: "You have no idea what I'm saying, do you?"
Manager: "yes"
Scott: "dalla dalla kwenda Moshi iko wapi?"
Manager: "oh, over there."
Scott: "thank you" (in swahili)