Friday

An entire week has flown by. In this photo, Susan and Aaron, assisted by Kenyan nurse Mary, are doing the last surgery of the day, removing a goiter.

Tomorrow our group of ten will travel by car to Lake Baringo where we will spend the night at "Island Camp". We will be driven in two IU SUV's by Francis and Javan, the usual drivers whom we've worked with a number of times before.

For any geography buffs, we will be leaving the mild climate, high elevation plateau where Eldoret is located and descend down into the Rift Valley where the climate is more desert-like and HOT. We will spend the night on the island and maybe visit Lake Bogoria on Sunday before returning to Eldoret.

Research question for the Hart girls, our next-door neighbors: What bird makes its home at Lake Bogoria???

Sunday afternoon, when we return to Eldoret, we have an appointment to visit "Robert's Cultural Shop", our favorite souvenir store in town. He is closed on Sundays but I met with him today and asked if he would open for us as everyone is too busy to leave the hospital during normal business hours. He will be happy to open for us. And he will make a lot of sales.

No Internet where we are going, so fewer blog posts for the next couple days...