PO Box 210
Chake Chake, Pemba
Zanzibar, Tanzania
He's also managed to send us some pictures of his adventures. Here's a sample.
He rigged up a "tripod" using basic tools, so he can take steadier pictures of documents in the archives. He photos things like court cases, newspapers, citizenship applications, and even a few "Top Secret" files. Shh, don't tell.
This is the fruit/vegetable marketplace during a rain storm. This is the "dry" season, so it rains every once in a while...like every day. The fruit in the foreground are oranges, partly peeled, which is how they are sold if they are to be eaten right away.
Every day, he eats lunch at "Obama Restaurant." This is a pretty typical meal of rice, sauce, fish (that's the head there on the right, behind the rice), greens, mango, and oranges.
Here is a typical bookstore; they shelves are usually under-filled like these ones.
4 comments:
Seeing that food makes me miss all things tropical.
On a side note -- I'm reading a book right now that (for some reason) reminds me of you: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder. Probably because it focuses on public health, which I know is your field. It's fascinating. Almost makes me want to go back to school.
Lol, I love that book. Paul Farmer spoke at our graduation this year. Amazing man, him.
You're kidding! I am SO jealous! Was he just inspiring? He had to have been. You think you've done good in your life ...and then you read about people like Farmer. The book is great. Can you recommend any others?
Monica, you could try reading Farmer's books: Pathologies of Power is excellent.
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