Yes believe it or not, it’s Mayhem back on the blog. I’ve been out of the loop for a while, what with being in Africa & all! I see Kaos has kept you somewhat up to date with the goings on out here... so yes we had an “interesting” flight over. The BA flight was incredible, what with having so much legroom i couldn’t reach the wall in front of me, and the steward intend on getting me drunk on free wine.
The stopover at Dar Es Salaam was... shit. Really hot, really boring, and not even a sodding chair to sit on, or anywhere to buy food beyond a packet of crisps.
Turns out there was a cafe upstairs... with food, and a fan, and seats. Fucksocks.
Nevermind.
Ok so my first week went pretty much without a hitch. The whole vomiting thing was blown out of proportion.... i wasn’t passed out on the toilet... i simply noticed that when i walked into the bathroom the room was moving quite a lot, so i put the lid down & sat on the lid of the loo till it stopped spinning. Sadly Kaos woke me up a short while later. Oops. I blame martin for encouraging me to drink!!
The next weekend was Safari... which Kaos has filled you all in on. Just to clarify... with the window open on the tent all we had between us and the lion should it choose to head our way was the mozzy net covering the window. I fear that although the tents are apparently “lionproof” i doubt the thin netting covering this 3ft square hole would stop a mouse, let alone a lion.
Anyway the safari was pretty incredible. Saw the big 5. The rhino was of course the big thing for me. One of the most rare creatures alive, and we saw 2! The leopard was cool, but it’s the shot i managed to catch of this beautiful cat in midair between branches which made the day for me.
Since safari it’s been a bit quieter. Working on a ward where life is cheap and the doctors don’t care if a patient is dying is hard. My job has gone from being helpful, to following the intern and trying to catch/correct his potentially fatal omissions and mistakes. Rewarding, but frustrating.
Well there were lots of things i need to catch up with, like someone trying to steal my airline ticket, and the guy who’s carved me a naked lady from ebony, but they’ll have to wait for now, Africa calls...
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