birthday post

a great big happy birthday to eric h!

nothing too exciting on the africa front...am leaving for zanzibar on tuesday morning for some snorkelling and sun.

after about 3 weeks here, i could escape the african continent without any digestive difficulties, but who was i kidding? without going into gross description, i have been confined to the house all day, sipping ginger tea and sprite. hence, the zanzibar excursion got put off by a day. such is life.

a note to my BT friends: remember how LH would drone on and on about african "red" tea? and how great it is? yeah, that is crap. africans drink the same tea as the rest of the world--black. i think i have seen the red tea once or twice but it is definitely not the norm. actually when i ask for it, most africans have no idea what i am talking about.

well, i guess that's all, i will have a better update from zanzibar!