Monthly Archives: July 2011

After 30 hours of traveling, I made it home safe and sound this afternoon and was greeted by a very excited Jacob, who picked me up from the airport. The flights were fine, although long. I watched a bunch of movies and didn’t get much sleep. That probably explains why I needed a 4 hour … Continue reading »

Wednesday was my last full day in Zanzibar! I decided to go to the office with Tanya to say goodbye to everyone while Jaclyn and Hai went into the field. Sadly, most of the people I had interacted with most were not around so I didn’t get to properly say goodbye. Also, there was no … Continue reading »

On Tuesday only Makame was available to go into the field so Tanya and I went together while Jaclyn and Hai stayed home to work on some reports. We had a great day up in the northwestern area. We mapped 20 cases and completed all mapping activities in three different shehias. Tanya and I took … Continue reading »

With having Bryan around over the weekend we didn’t have time to plan ahead for the week so when I got up on Monday we didn’t have any cars organized to go to the field and only had a few things to do in the office to plan for Tuesday. Tanya and I discussed the … Continue reading »

Bryan was heading to Uganda on Sunday, but his flight wasn’t until noon which was unfortunate for us because that meant it would be too late to go to the beach after he went to the airport. In the morning we had breakfast with him then organized the living and dining rooms while he packed. … Continue reading »

Everyone knew that Bryan was giving a presentation at work at 9 am but even when I got back from my run at 7:30 no one had made breakfast or packed all of the things we needed to take. There was a rush of activity in the half hour before our taxi came with Bryan … Continue reading »

On Friday we had vague plans to go to the beach with Bryan but we didn’t set anything in stone the night before which was a mistake. Only Bryan and I were up at 7:30 and since high tide (and the best swimming) was at 10 am we quickly realized a trip to the beach … Continue reading »

I went running this morning for the first time in quite a while (really only since Saturday but it felt much longer). I’m getting a bit bored to running over the same flat ground so I tried to run faster today. I ran 5 km in a minute less than normal, which was pretty good. … Continue reading »

The last of the district supervisors were due to bring in the last of the data on Wednesday morning so Tanya and I teamed up for the last big office day while Hai met Bryan at the airport and Jaclyn did the grocery shopping and lunch preparations. We got the last of the data checked … Continue reading »

Since our cleaning lady didn’t have time to wash our sheets on Monday afternoon, she came back to our house on Tuesday morning to do the laundry. I stayed home while she was here and Tanya went to the office while Jaclyn and Hai did some more mapping. It was nice to have the morning … Continue reading »

Monday was a very boring day. I went to the office while Tanya, Jaclyn, and Hai split up and did some mapping. Meanwhile, (back at the ranch) I organized RDTs for our advisor, Bryan, to take back to UCSF and I cut filter paper packets in half and organized them. The highlight of my day … Continue reading »

We got up at around 7 am wanting to go running but the tide was still too high and water covered most of the beach. Instead we took an early morning swim in the ocean to get some exercise. After showering we went to the complimentary breakfast and gorged on bread, mandazi, fruit, chappati, and … Continue reading »

I went running with Tanya in the morning then made pancakes for breakfast. Over breakfast, Tanya asked if she could join me for the weekend and I agreed. We get along well and I knew she’d be fun. We had Massoud pick us up at 9 am and headed up to the far northern coast. … Continue reading »

Friday was a rough day; I’m not going to lie. I went to sleep at 5:30 am after the crazy night at Mercury’s and Tatu. I slept soundly until 7:30 when the sun woke me up. I got some water and saw that everyone else was still asleep so I took a nap for another … Continue reading »

Our second car was still at the shop so only one group went out mapping on Thursday. Since Jaclyn isn’t good at communicating her feelings or desires it wasn’t until Makame was at our house waiting that it was decided that Jaclyn and Hai would go to the field while Tanya and I went to … Continue reading »