The title of this blog post is my favourite mnemonic. The condition it spells out is possibly my least favourite. The SW was poorly on our last day and night at Shia School and thoughtfully decided to share his bugs with me! I started feeling a bit dodgy after breakfast, but was fine while packing up my tent and heading back into Moshi. We went out for 'a quick lunch' but I didn't feel like eating, so just took photos of my entertaining companions while we waited, and waited, for food to be served.
It took over 3 hours! By which time I felt decidedly ropey, so decided to return to the hotel, picking up my clean and dry laundry on the way. Cool cotton sheets to snooze on and a conveniently ensuite loo were essential as I was soon hit by waves of the dreaded D&V!
I struggled up to the roof terrace to meet up with the group before they all went off for dinner, there was no way I was going to join them for food but it was pleasant to sit amongst groups of travellers all chatting about what they were doing. I was at least 20 years older than most of them and nowhere near Australian enough to fit in. I sat on for a while after the students had left, as Al and SW had bought me a drink. It has been a long time since I had just sat and relaxed in a bar without any students to supervise.
Today we had to catch the Dar Express back to Dar. The journey was a bit shorter than the journey to Moshi, and we are obviously becoming accustomed to long journeys as it felt a lot shorter than 10 hours! Mind you, no air con, vomiting and pooping boys did enliven the trip somewhat!
We are back at the Econo Lodge tonight - just for one night before heading off to the coast tomorrow. The Econo Lodge is every bit as luxurious as the name implies! At 28,000 TZS (about £9.60) a night for a single room I guess one should be grateful for an ensuite loo and shower, a working fan and a door that locks!
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