Well there was not much too tell. Taryn knocked on my door to inform me
that Deon and her were going up North to do sightseeing and might be
back around the 2nd but couldnt promise. I was quite happy for them to
do this as it made the best use of a standing vehicle but i did have
them a problem with them been gone longer that the 2nd as i would
already have that stage been sitting in Addis for 11 days... I have my
limits. Well Analia and I would just go map a park if they were not back
in time.
I was quite excited as in the morning i had sweated out the fever and
was feeling a little better with no temperature; just a messed up head
and nausea being the worst of my remaining symptoms.
They also didnt seem keen to take Simon to the airport suggesting we get
a taxi. May I never do that to a friend unless that want it! Anyway I
called a taxi and accompanied an only slightly better Simon to the
airport. This was against both my advice and the taxi driver who had
suggested that Simon arrange his change of flight at Kenya Air's offices
in town. It turned out there were no offices at the airport and so back
we went into town and spent some time sitting while Simon got it his
tickets sorted out. The price for a flight from Addis to Nairobi (3 hrs)
was a horrendous 300 dollars! Compare that to a south african local flight.
While Teddy (our super friendly, helpful taxi drive) and I waited for
Simon we got to chatting he mentioning what a lovely, geninue woman
Taryn was. She is definitely the most social person in our group, always
talking to strangers...reminds me of my mum! We also covered topics like
SA and Ethiopian politics and once again they couldnt understand why South Africans elected Jacob Zuma. I tried to explain man of the people, mans man thing...
After dropping Simon off at the airport we returned to my hotel with
Teddy telling me about a local doctor he thought was really good.
Desperate for any cure, i agreed to see the doctor with Teddy
outstanding, taking care of all the pre-check that normally would have
had to be done. After being dropped off I had a rest and then headed to
the restuarant to watch some tv, instead chatting with Kasahun and
learning that he had actually tried to sneak in to South Africa; been
caught and then sent back to Ethiopia. After our chat i ended up having
an omlette as i felt i need to eat something. Then it was some tv and
bed after being strong enough to pray properly once again!
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