Saturday, April 7, 2007

tanganyika / zanzibar

hi all, i am in tanzania now. africa is a depressing place. dar es salaam is a fucking shithole. everything is expensive by singaporean standards. pringles is 5 USD for example. which makes you wonder what the locals can afford to buy. heh. but anyway today we bought bread and fed it to the fish while snorkelling. the locals prob thought we were insane. talk about wasting food in africa. will be in zanzibar for the easter weekend, then returning to dar es salaam and school. (muhimbili university) posted to the medical ward, the hiv rates there are sky high. not to sound cruel, but i seriously think the best way to solve this problem is to let this whole generation of hiv positive people die out, and direct the resources saved to preventing transmission, especially vertical transmission. (mother to kid at birth) ok gtg now, hope i don't get hiv here.

jesse please plan for the trip i will email you soon when i get the internet again