May 19th
Kelly and melissa have just left me to continue their trip. I'm
currently at the, get this, holiday inn of mbita. It's not at all what
you think. Kelly and I talked the manager down to three weeks in the
'royal suit' for about $12 a day. Not bad.
This marks the start of my 'job'. I will be working with a group of 27
widows who are currently making baskets out of banana leaves. Kelly
already has a group making really great baskets, so I will be
attempting to shift their focus a bit.
Their patron is jackton. He is a techncian at ICIPE which is an
organisation specializing in malaria research. He lives in the ICIPIE
compound and invited us for dinner last night. It was some of the best
Kenyan food I've had.
Mbita is an island in lake victoria. It is a great change of pace from
the city. We took a boat ride all along the coast yesterday.
The island loses power a few times a day. Internet access is a pipe
dream. I haven't gotten online since I've been here. It's good to
disconnect from time to time, but correspondence with Kelly is going
to be important. If you're reading this, at and t probably got their
act togeather.
I will be busy, but I can already tell I'm going to be getting a
little lonely. I'm meeting a lot of people here, but I can't shake the
feeling that everyone wants something from me.
It seems impossible to pay the actual price for anything. I get the
white person price. Every time I ask what something costs, they slip
into kiswahili and laugh.
-cheers
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