Friday, September 23

Another trip into town and more exposure to the realities of Africa. We travelled with the water tanker for a bit and it had a crack that needed to be fixed. I wonder what that meant for people’s water supplies? We bought some kitchen utensils, although I had to stay in the car. Apparently if I’d been there, they would have tried to cheat us.

Tomorrow we are traveling south. Two relatives of someone who works with RUCNET died, so we are going to the funeral(s?). It will be pretty interesting to see the customs involved with this. I know they pour out some libations for the dead, although I don’t think they use Olde English. I’ve been instructed to wear red. We have to leave at 5 am. Which is in about 7 hours. So I’m going to go to bed now. I’ll post this when I can (duh!) and I’ll try and get a description of the funeral up as well. Oh to have high-speed, reliable internet. And air-conditioning—it’s so hot here.