Day 17

Today was a national holiday here....something akin to Presidents day, but since they have only had 3 presidents on this cycle, they call it something else....like "Let's take the day off Day."

Because of the holiday, the men who dig the potholes in the 'road' had the day off, so the 'road' to Eldoret seemed about the same, with no new holes to be observed.  It isn't a bad road, as World War One battle fields go, but Sandy thinks she may need to go on dialisis as of tomorrow....and she is just coming off a bout with malaria.  Speaking of malaria, the symptons are headache, upset stomach, back ache and possible diarriha.  I was sure that I was coming down with it, until I realized that just being on the 'road' here presented the same symptoms.  Anyway, we left at 7 am, which is pm for you, and drove to Eldoret....I don't know how far but it couldn't have been over a couple of hundred miles.  As you recall, they call it 'driving' but it's more like playing chicken with everyone else including the donkey carts...seeing who can hit the potholes at the fastest rate.
So we get to the city and go into a really neat shop where a local artisan shows his stuff...and being good rich Americans we buy a whole bunch of stuff to take home...some for our greedy selves, and some to sell at home parties in the US to help fundraise for the home.  Cool stuff ...great artisan...I'll tell you more about that tomorrow....the connection sucks tonight and I don't know if this will upload.  Long day and time to quit.....Marlies is doing better as is Sandy....they know how to do malaria here.
I'll close for now, mentioning that evidently the graveyard electricity bucket 'filler men' that keep the tank filled evidently took the holiday seriously as we had no power last night until the day shift came in at 6:30am which is pm for you....Sorry about the brevity, I meant to keep it short.