Back in the USA

Hey everybody! I'm back from both my trips. The most important stats are these:

Starting weight: 185 lbs

Ending weight: 165 lbs

Number of days on antibiotics: 10

Number of times I thought the antibiotics had taken effect: 2

Number of times I've actually gotten better: 0

Time of my doctor's appointment for tomorrow morning: 9:45


Here's a picture of me, taken today:


And, funnily enough, an email Genya received today:

In Arusha

I'm in Arusha, Tanzania--and wow is it easier to travel in Africa than India! My luggage beat me through the airport and within half an hour I had hired a cab to catch the last shuttle (it had left already) at a gas station, where I was on my merry way to Tanzania.

It's strange being back in Arusha, as I have many memories of this town from the last seven years. The town has grown enormously in the last few years, bringing bad traffic (which would have seemed unbelievable a few years ago) but it is also much cleaner.

We start up the mountain tomorrow morning--the skies were cloudy this moring but now we are back to brilliant blue African skies.