All signs had pointed to being able to begin recruitment for work this week, but alas it looks like we will not have our first recruitment of study participants until next week.
Now onto happier updates:
On Sunday, Mareike, Per, Michael, and I went sailing at the Yacht Club. There wasn't a lot of wind so it was more floating in sail boats on Lake Victoria with very limited movement, but it was great nonetheless. I sailed in what John affectionately calls the bathtub boat. It's a one person boat that has a base much like a bathtub and so the chances of flipping it are far less - which was exactly what I was looking for. Next time I think that I will try to take one of the Lasers out - which are also one person boats, but they have bigger sails and thus go faster, but tend to flip in higher winds - which can be problematic if you are in an area with Hippos - which has been known to occur.
We did not see any hippos once we were out sailing this week, but we could see them sunning on the shore before we left. Michael gave me a brief refresher on sailing which included the following instructions, "When we go out try to stay between the hippos and the tires. The tires may look like they end, but they are just submerged and hitting them is a pain. Good enough - let's go!"
Lovely!
I didn't bring my camera sailing - but I think I will next time to take pictures of the boats.
On Monday, Matt joined me for my 10 mile run. We ran to Dunga (the fishing village) and then through Milimani (the part of town where we live). It was HOT! I am getting far more used to the hills - but it is definitely still an adjustment.
It looks like Albert and I are going to go to Masai Mara this weekend with Erwan, Mareieke and Alkesh - which is exciting. It should be exciting to be able to get pictures with a camera that has a resonable zoom!
Below are some pictures of recent sunsets and other such fun.
Ashley
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