I don't have much time to write, so here are some quick notes.
1. People here wave with both hands, but they don't actually wave their hands. They wave at you by putting both arms in the air like freeze-frame jazz hands.
2. Squat toilet pro tip-- take your phone out of your pocket first.
3. There is always a rainbow and always a giraffe. If you don't see them, you just aren't looking hard enough.
4. I have a new project: trying to soundproof the future labor and delivery room. Women should be able to scream if they want to, but we don't want the other patients getting the wrong idea.
5. For some reason, a lot of people (mostly tourists on vacation) bring toothbrushes to donate to us. You can buy toothbrushes everywhere in Tanzania, and they only cost 500/- (about thirty cents). Why don't people bring things we actually need, like ant traps?
6. Our laboratory is under attack. The ants like the serum that gets tested in the lab equipment, and it's a constant struggle to keep our most delicate (and expensive) equipment protected.
Hope to have more time to write and post pictures tomorrow.
haha. I think my favorite is #3.
ReplyDeleteObviously I must look harder for my giraffe.