14 July 2009

14 July, Day 31: One month and counting

Got Annelie some coffee and rusks in bed. She’s looking frazzled, didn’t get much sleep. Don’t blame her, the bar was loud till 23:40, the guards at the gate make a racket and the dogs... the DOGS! Incessant barking all night long. Coupled with this cacophony, Walter had Annelie running for the porcelain throughout. Oh, and our zip to our tent was broken, so it stood half open. I counted a grand total of (at least) 11 mosquitos in our tent this morning, all fat and well fed. Faaaaantastic. Fanie helped us out later on, pinched the zipper closed a bit with pliers. Good as new! But we were still chowed last night

Mattie is still man down, on some myprodols. Grab breakfast and a quick shower. Mattie and Dirk are off to town to get the Ford checked out. Annelie and I head to town and take a LEFT at the only traffic light in town, instead of the right we took yesterday. Arrive at a fully decked out shopping complex, with a Shoprite, Game, MTN, 3 banks, 2 foreign exchanges, fuel stops etc etc. And, a chemist. Annelie decided to skip go and head to the chemist instead, since she knows what’s up. Explains the symptoms to the chemist and gets the required antibiotics. Apparently, Walter can make a comeback tour again and again. If that happens, she’ll need intravenous injections for 21 days straight to clear Walter out. Problem, since we won’t be stationary in one place for 21 days. And I hate injections, both receiving and administrating. Let’s hope this round evicts our squatter for good.

Off to game, huge! Stroll around, buy Fritos chips and water so Annelie can start eat something and start taking her meds immediately. Do some shopping for supplies. Check out the tents in the back, our zipper broke last night! So the tent won’t close entirely, not good for keeping mosquitoes out.

Draw money, grab a few things from Shoprite and head back to camp. Go laze by the pool in the sun (its soooo hot!) and my best to keep cool. Everyone is kinda doing the same thing. I hang out at the bar area for the free wifi, but it’s SLOOOOOOOOOOW. Lots of tropical rains in the afternoon, we had a flash shower just after we arrived yesterday. Today was a few drops. They have these super comfortable wicker chairs that you can lounge on. Great for comfort. Not so great because their full of fleas! Courtesy of the dog and numerous goats and chickens cruising the yard. I get bitten lots of time, 7 times around my left elbow by the time the shooting stops.

We have a guest tonight, Geriesa from the Netherlands. She’s on tour here through Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar. She’s doing the river rafting thing tomorrow so we have lots to talk about. Mattie is up back to his old self again, whiskey in hand. Dirk swears by his muti (that’s African witchcraft), so whisky it is! I setup the laptop and show the others our video. Share some food and hospitality before we’re all off to bed. Check in on Annelie, still a bit shaky. That’s a wrap for today. Tomorrow it’s off to Murchison falls.

Anecdote: we’ve been on the road for a month!

Highlights: We’ve been on the road for a month!

[G & A-Moeba], out

The best of you

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