Having
experienced no sleep to speak of since the last two nights I am very sympathetic
to friends who can’t sleep. This is a new type of jet lag, I haven’t
experienced before. Pretty sure I’ll be snoozing to night for I was napping
during an assembly at school today. Plus I was able to buy a bottle of
melatonin.
Spent all
day at school with the children and the principal. The boys appear to be very
well behaved and polite. The biggest problem is space, it has to be the
smallest classroom I have ever taught in. Not much room for anything else but
their desks. Looking at my timetable I see there are six periods each day of 55
minutes each. I’ll be teaching three of
those periods each day, very good free time.
I’ll need
a sweater from now on for the AC is freezing, although it is so nice and hot
outside. The staff is most definite a melting pot, so many countries
represented. Quite a few South Africans, new Zealanders and Australians. The
administration is very supportive and right after school they sent over a good
king size duvet for my bed and called the propane man. He was supposed to be
here at least an hour ago, but that is the way it is here ‘Inshallah’, meaning
God willing it will happen, in their own good time.
Beginning
to look like I will have to rent a car so I won’t be bumming rides all the
time. The traffic is manageable, nothing like Cairo, and roads are well
maintained. I can be more independent and I will be able to show visitors the
town…. if they come. Seems to be a shame to have so many places to explore and
no way to do it. Today they were talking about the camel races which are just
out of town and quite an event. So if you have a yearning to see an ancient
country, beautiful weather, lovely beaches, with so much to do, book a flight
and come for a visit. This huge apartment, 26 feet by 51 feet can hold a lot.
No scent
free zones here, they spray the school with ‘air freshener’ and some people are
soaked in it. Yuck!
