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The sickness has yet to pass. Although I never wish harm upon any human being (minus those drunk college guys who thought that the only thing that would top off their night is pushing over dumpsters...they deserved curses), I am quite happy that my illness whatnot is not an isolate instance. It seems like everyone, minus one spared soul, is sick the first week or two they are here.
This is wonderful news being that my trip is a mere three weeks...
I can just see it now...It is the start of my final week in Sana'a and for the first time in two weeks I can finally stray further than a 30 feet radius of a toilet. Imagine the possibilities but more so the lack of time in which to complete everything I want to do! Curses once more.
Despite my illness, I am making an attempt to wake up early (early from Ramadan standards...meaning 11 or so) and see Sana'a. I am also using Arabic as a deterrent from focusing on the strange bubbling noises in my stomach. Those are not happy noises, I am sure of it.
Today is the birthday of a Latvian guy at my uni here. During iftar we concluded that in celebration of the momentous 30th birthday and perhaps the coming of a large anxiety attack/midlife crisis (he's in Yemen...quite a midlife crisis in itself if you ask me), we wanted to rent a donkey. What? This seems odd to you? You know darn well that every man turning the big 30 wants a filty animal off the street followed by an parade of screaming Yemeni children who suddenly do not understand the phrase "one ride only" even if it is in their native tongue. One of the teachers, Ali, quickly burst our bubble of excitement when he informed us that Tuesday is donkey day. One cannot get a donkey any other day of the week and sadly, today is Thursday. Curses yet again.
I live in a hotel with roughly 10 men. During iftar, even more men show up. I am surrounded by men and this is nothing new as I do tend to have very few female friends. Regardless, as nice as it is to be looked after...where the crap are all the women?? If somebody could overnight me a female friend, that would be dandy. Traditional Yemeni men and women on the street are not to interact, thus all the foreign (male) students here have made it my duty to infiltrate the female circle and give them the inside scoop...what they talk about, what their days are like, etc. I am quite interested to do this, though it may be hard as my Arabic is horrible and most Yemeni women are not very educated, especially in regards to English.
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Dr. Travel, M.D. (reply)
Sep 29, 2006 12:28 EST by truce57
Ooh, ooh, ooh, tell me more about your illness. I want to diagnose you!!! We are in our infectious disease section and just yesterday I saw a college student in the E.R. who returned from India with Dengue Fever. Such fun!!!
Scott
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