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The Vomit Clinic

Excerpts from my blog at http://bigtummyinkenya.blogspot.com February 4, 2006. My friend Julia runs the village vomit clinic. She calls it an herbal medicine practice, but when sick people come over to your house and barf into a basin so you can analyze it, I call it a vomit clinic. She has been running it for about four years, and people come from as far as Kapsabet, the district capital an hour and a half away by bus, seeking the healing powers of puke. The vomit potion is a family secre...
Gunane

Working in the groundnut field.
Should I get in this car?

A setplas I took to the Kombo from Basse. It had its own juju around the steering wheel.
profound moment

I was at the local post office in my town in Balaka, Malawi. I was accustomed to speaking Chichewa, the local language, every time I went there. One day I was waiting in line and I heard a distinctive American voice; I looked around to find the white person - the other 'azungu' in the area. I looked and looked and went around the building and back and there was no white person to be seen. Finally I let my ears do the walking; I saw a telephone booth and in that booth was a young woman about m...
Victoria Falls Bridge

This is Victoria Falls. The bridge crosses from Zimbabwe to Zambia.
wikipolo

This child's name is Wikipolo. He is being cared for by a very young mother.
hippos

These are hippos seen from the local Hippo Bar; a place where we could have soft drinks and watch Hippos. Never get between hippos and the water.
giraffe

These are giraffe seen at Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.
kudu

These are African kudu, the closest thing to American deer. They are the feast of choice for lions.
wildebeest

These are wildebeest atop Nyika Plateau in Northern Malawi.

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