I can almost taste freedom. There are no rental agencies, but a guy I know, knows a guy and in about 2 hours I will be BORN FREE. For $20 I can have my own wheels for a couple days.
This may fizzle, as I will be VERY rusty, but I'll practice tonite in the compound and stick to back roads as much as possible. And I wil even wear a helmet- heck with long sleeves I may even blend in a tich.
Tanya is home feeling tired and Im in town getting some photos made so we can hand them out before we leave. Iam also photocopying some (Tilapia) fish farm material to give out to farmers and Rotaracts.
It almost feels like a "day off" as we have no tours or appointments. Yet we are booking them all day for next week. Tanya is meeting with a boda boda driver she likes. Iron Ron gave us $100 US to "change a persons life", Frederick is a candidate. His big dream is to sell clothes in the market. Boda bodas earn nothing. He looks about 14, but he's married living in a shack. He has completed junior high but had no money to go further (they say school is free here but there are tons of fees- including for school maintenance) so he has looked into a driving course (to get a license) and will meet with Tanya tomorrow. Meanwhile Iam setting up some trips for next week to revisit some places with the resident Tilapia expert Hussein. We have lots of loose ends to tie off before we leave.
Sigh, there is the word, "leave". We don't want to come home yet. 2 months felt like a long time 5 weeks ago, but has dwindled to 2 weeks so fast.
to do:
-get quotes for custom made desks for Daisy school
-make plaques for RC Cumberland and my club projects
-arrange ceremony for Daisy desks- presentation of plaque
-meet w/ Julius for jewelry order (weee! thanks everybody) then revisit to pick up
-plan good bye tour
-plan 2 day Eldoret trip (cancelled today, Tanya is not feeling great)
-pick up Misungu boys wish list, shop
-back to Vihiga on Mon and Tues, to look at proposed project with local experts
-distribute photos to the many people we visted because a) they love photos, b) we said we would and c)so they remember us
and so on....
ok, time to ride off down the dirt roads.
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