Ghana-via-Lisbon 2012: On the Plane After a Four-Hour Delay

(Post written on Aug 27, 11000m above the ground; TMI warning for health-related issues.) I have never felt as haggard during a flight as I do just now. The malaria prophylaxis is giving me few side effects, but of those that I do have, the constant nausea is the worst. It’s not the I’m-going-to-throw-up-right-this-very-second kind […]

Africa 2012: An… Interlude?

So, umm. I guess I’m back home? Eleven days ago, I celebrated my birthday in Dar es Salaam. Right between a swimming pool and the Indian Ocean. And then we went to Zanzibar and I got sick and I couldn’t sleep. And six days ago, we left Zanzibar. But because I was feeling so crappy, […]