Illnesses, etc.
Well, we leave in Egypt in a few days (!) so I want to be sure to catch up on here first. We will be gone for 2 1/2 weeks, first five days in Cairo, then a Nile cruise, then two nights in Casablanca on the way back. We are taking Royal Maroc Airlines, which goes through Casablanca, so why not? We are really looking forward to the trip and have been reading up on the history of Egypt. We also read Death on the Nile, but we don't expect our cruise to be as dangerous. For those interested, we are taking a three-night Movenpick cruise (those Swiss, they do know how to arrange things nicely!) from Aswan to Luxor. We'll take the overnight train back and forth from Cairo. I'll post photos when we return!
In the meantime . . . I am posing a photo of Linden in the Catholic hospital here, where we spent one night together. Linden had a very bad fever (103.5) that lasted more than 24 hours. We were afraid it was malaria, but it wasn't. Just a fever in reaction to something that we will never identify. She was on antiobiotics with a feed, which she absolutely hated, and then on pills once we came home. We slept together in this teeny bed and read from The Arabian Nights.
While we were there, I had the doctor look at my big toe, which had become swollen, swelling up half my foot. I thought I must have sprained the foot, but the doctor (a visiting woman from Belgium) said it was an infection. I had a blister there, so the infection must have gotten in that way. Yuck. And very painful. I got medications and Linden and I had a nice pout.
It took just a day on the antibiotics for Linden to feel better, so we left Friday (10 days ago) for Buea to visit Nalova Lyonga and to participate in a symposium honoring the British anthropologist Shirley Ardener. Then we went back to Seme Beach, the black sand beach we had gone to in the fall, and spent the night. It was great! I am posting pictures of Linden with Elvis and Geraldine.
Well, we came back in one piece and then darned if an insect they call "catepillar" in French here (although it is not the catepillar that they call chenille) and I can't remember what in English FLEW INTO MY EYE and out and left a bad, bad infection. Apparently, it can make your whole face look horrible. My left eye looked like someone had punched it and I had some infection on my chin. It took five days to start feeling better. I am telling you, do NOT leave a window open at night while reading with a light on! It is a really horrible thing to have happen!
We are in pretty good shape now and hope to stay that way until and during our Egypt trip!
I am also uploading a photo from the International Women's Day parade on March 8. That was the day I wore my new shoes and got the blister that caused the foot infection, so I'm not too fond of that day.
Also a photo of Linden in her school uniform outside her school. For those of you wondering, she has her hair in a pony tail!
Also a photo of the chief of Batoula and his wife in front of the palace at the chefferie. I paid to have a cement floor put in, before it was dirt. I'm glad to do something for Fotoula, who has been very good to us!
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