So, we've now been at site for a day and a half now and so far, so bad, ha ha ha! It's not all bad, but it seems like anything that can go wrong has so far. Saturday, we left the bus station 2 hours late and arrived in our town 13 hours later at 9 pm. It was uncomfortable, hot, and smelly; and a little bit scary. Kim's counterpart had arranged for us to stay in this strange hotel in town for 120 birr (roughly $9.50). It was uncomfortable, hot, and smelly; fortunately, we were exhausted. The next morning we found some pretty good breakfast at this nicer hotel. After that, the hotel tried to charge us an extra 120 birr because it was now 10:20 and we were apparently supposed to be out by 10.
We then went and saw our place we would be living, but it was being painted so we wouldn't be able to move in that day. We decided to stay at the nicer hotel, which was only 158 birr and a world better. However, while the hotel was better, Kim realized in the middle of the night that she had food poisoning. At 2 in the morning I harrassed the hotel manager, who was sleeping in the hotel office, for some bottled water. He told it was impossible and offered me Koka-Kola instead. I told him that was no good and explained that my wife was very, very sick and needed water...immediately. After much haggling, he managed to appear with a cold bottle of water. Sometime around 8, I went out to the pharmacy and bought her some ORS (Oral Rehydration Salts), which is disgusting, but helped.
I'm sure the rest of the week will only get better.
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