Gus asked me in an email whether there were any cool phrases I’ve picked up. Here are a few. "laisser tomber". I was on the fence about this. There’s no French verb for "drop", as in "I dropped my cell phone." Instead you say you "let fall" something. This seems silly but in fact I […]
I met Jean-Claude at a carrefour (intersection), and the first thing he did was invite me to sit and have a soda while he got me some bread to eat, and then another bread after I told him I was milk-allergic. Then we sat in a bar and he talked in the local language with […]
So then the next morning, a few hours after taking my second dose of Cipro, and still feeling a little ill-at-ease intestinally, I decided to set off for my post. One of the Organization drivers took me to the gare routière ("bus station", but literally/Cameroonianly "station for things that go on roads") and helped me […]
So many things to write about. But for right now let’s focus on the big one: being sick. Discussion of the activities of my bowels follows. Please make sure you are not eating and are proximate to a shower before reading this. The sections about my bowels will be called out. The day before yesterday, […]