It's amazing how my determination for keeping a travel blog has just evaporated in the one week and some odd days that I've been here. It seems like too much effort and I don't even know if anyone is reading this anyway. I'm just not interested in analyzing or philosophizing anything, or thinking about the meaning of things, the what the why and the how. I really just feel like either just sitting at the beach or napping. In just a few days I went from being ultra enthusiastic about working and being productive to being some sort of beach bum. I fell right into the rhythm of things. Everything pole pole.
I have actually done some work and chosen some more long-term projects to work on while I'm here, which I've sort of started on. I'm adding more educational resources, especially for younger children, and then I'll start mapping the colobridges and do an assessment of how they're being used by the primates.
Regarding packing, I forgot my sunscreen (oops), USB cable (crap), and birkenstocks. Brought way too many long-sleeve shirts, completely unnecessary for Diani (in a fit of nervousness I ended up stuffing 2 more for a total of 4), but I'm still hoping to get some use out of them. And not enough sarongs and skirts- I'm thinking of buying at least one more sarong, as that's pretty much all I wear here when I'm not working.
I don't think I'll update this as much as I was planning to, unless something really exciting happens. Let's see... today I climbed some trees as part of colobridge maintenance... this week I've seen a bunch of birds, crabs, geckos, snails, hermit crabs, babboons, colobus, sykes, and vervets... have yet to see bush babies and am hoping I will soon... went snorkeling, bought a snorkel mask, and went to a nearby village as part of education outreach. Not many exciting bugs at all here, except for the giant millipedes. Tomorrow I'll have a Swahili lesson (hopefully). It is hot as hell, and I've never meant it this much.
One of these weekends I think I'm going to go and do something really interesting... and then when that happens I'll come and write some more.
Just to let you know that I read your blog:)
ReplyDeleteI read it too! And I like it, furthermore. But I know what you mean about the enthusiasm waning as you get out there, it's because there are cooler things to do than writing a blog.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless over time I felt a few interesting things came up in my head and it was good to publish them, so you never know. It's still early. Either way, stay in touch!
I read it too! And I like it, furthermore. But I know what you mean about the enthusiasm waning as you get out there, it's because there are cooler things to do than writing a blog.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless over time I felt a few interesting things came up in my head and it was good to publish them, so you never know. It's still early. Either way, stay in touch!