This weekend we met some people living here from Australia, one couple (John and Tiffany)has been traveling since 2006 and aren’t returning home until 2012. They just travel to various places to work and see the country, they are headed to Egypt, then up to Italy and Greece before heading over to South America. I wish I could do that! We’ve met so many people who are taking years to see the world and I want very much to be able to have that kind of experience, and maybe I will. The only problem of course is having so much school ahead of me, I feel like I have to get going on real life. Yet I also feel like I’m so young, and have so much time! I am of course tempted to just stay here, travel, find work, but I can’t do it alone, that much is for sure. So I’ll be heading home in November. Though quite excited to see everyone, I feel as if I have so much more to experience that three months just can’t allow. The other guy we met, is a UN rep who has been living here for a year, and has another 5 to go. He’s been driving us around in his car (which is a really great change from the taxis and daladalas) and introducing us to his favorite parts of town, plus his house has a pool! Things like this are very exciting.
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Placement
I’ve realized I haven’t really explained what we do at placement…
It varies day to day based on whats needed or where we end up.
We often start our mornings in the pharmacy helping sort pills, then distribute them to patients. This is where we feel most useful actually, since they can’t give out medication until it has been sorted and there are only two women currently working there, so people may end up waiting hours to get their medication.
The Half Way Point.
On Saturday I will be half through my time here. I can hardly believe time has passed so quickly. I feel like I’ve just arrived from Amsterdam yesterday, though at the same time, I feel like I’ve been here for much longer. I’ve gotten used to the lack of electricity at any given hour, toilets that may or may not work (or be more than a hole in the ground), a lack of paved roads and the general smells that accost you through out the day. It’s difficult to describe this place, pictures don’t give it justice.
Wedding Crashing and More…
This Saturday we were invited to go to a local wedding reception, by a local friend who knew the groom. The wedding itself started around 9am, but the reception dinner around food wasn’t served until 10pm, and dancing continued far past when we left. Aside from a few gift giving ceremonies it was very close to a US wedding, and apparently very small at only around 100 people at the reception (more may have been at the service). It was of course all in swahili, but still very interesting to watch.
Colliding With The Earth 