Even though I said that all my fellow travelrs have left, don't think
that I don't have roomates. As I stated earlier, I am staying in the
royal suit of the mbita holiday inn. Kenyans are very, very welcoming.
So welcoming, in fact, that all of the doors of the unrented rooms are
left wide open as to not discourage wildlife from having a nice place
to live.
Apon check in I got to meet some of my new roomies. There are the ( at
least ) two gekos that live in the curtain fixture, the uncountable
ants in the multiple trails leading to and from the windows, the nice,
hairy spiders hopping around and the friendly wasps tending their nest
above the closet.
I'm kind of torn about the lizards. I don't really want them running
around my room. At the same time, they are taking care of the pest
issue way better than anyone who works here.
The staff got a real kick out of watching me persaude the wasps out of
my room with a towel. Apparently the only white person on the island
is also the only one afraid of angry stinging insects. Nevermind that
if I get stung my air passage will close up. No worries, that's what
my eppy-pen is for.
I also discovered that the bathroom window is just bars with no glass.
All of the windows are without screens, of course. But let's be real,
malaria is the number one killer here. Tibs.
By the way, 'T.I.B.S' or 'tibs' is a phrase that was coined on this
trip. It started with a discussion about how incredibly universal the
term 'this is bullshit' is. You can say that anywhere and regaurdless
of the background of the person you're speaking to, they seem to get
it. I learned this in eastern Europe and I can't wait to try it out
all over the world.
I'm trying it out a lot today.
Don't get me wrong. I rarely bitch about accomadations. It's
important, especially when in another culture, to be flexible and
leave your western expectations behind. I just feel like I'm living in
an episode of wild discovery. On the bright side, it doesn't seem like
anything in the room wants to kill me. I just wish they would pitch in
a little. I'm on a tight budget here! This is bullshit.
-cheers
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