16 April, Saturday, Khartoum
The heat breaks a little during the early morning hours. I do not feel much better and stay in the tent. A Dragoman overland group is also in the campsite and the guys hang out with different people during the day. They gather useful information for us about Ethiopia: sites to see, food to eat, prices to pay – since they just came from Ethiopia.
I start to feel better towards noon and Willie calls the friends, originally also from South Africa that we wanted to meet with. They come over to the campsite and we spend the afternoon in the shade, talking about their amazing experiences the last 11 years in Khartoum. They are also from South Africa and we have lots to share and talk about. They are founding members of an international school in Khartoum and we plan to visit them at their workplace the next day.
The heat has paralyzed us and we have very little desire to see Khartoum. We discover a weak internet signal, and try to take care of important administrative things. Willie receives a letter from Ruco in which he asks us to contact him which we do and he gives us such good news. Hugo was accepted at New College of Florida in Sarasota! He has heard from several of his applications and it was not good news: he was unsuccessful in a few and on a waiting list for another. New College was the very first school he really showed interest in because of their different education philosophy and approach. We call Hugo who was somewhere else and I think the photos tell the story better than I can ever do. We needed the positive booster after a difficult few weeks. Something else we did not have to worry about anymore! Tomorrow: here we come Ethiopia!
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The heat breaks a little during the early morning hours. I do not feel much better and stay in the tent. A Dragoman overland group is also in the campsite and the guys hang out with different people during the day. They gather useful information for us about Ethiopia: sites to see, food to eat, prices to pay – since they just came from Ethiopia.
I start to feel better towards noon and Willie calls the friends, originally also from South Africa that we wanted to meet with. They come over to the campsite and we spend the afternoon in the shade, talking about their amazing experiences the last 11 years in Khartoum. They are also from South Africa and we have lots to share and talk about. They are founding members of an international school in Khartoum and we plan to visit them at their workplace the next day.
The heat has paralyzed us and we have very little desire to see Khartoum. We discover a weak internet signal, and try to take care of important administrative things. Willie receives a letter from Ruco in which he asks us to contact him which we do and he gives us such good news. Hugo was accepted at New College of Florida in Sarasota! He has heard from several of his applications and it was not good news: he was unsuccessful in a few and on a waiting list for another. New College was the very first school he really showed interest in because of their different education philosophy and approach. We call Hugo who was somewhere else and I think the photos tell the story better than I can ever do. We needed the positive booster after a difficult few weeks. Something else we did not have to worry about anymore! Tomorrow: here we come Ethiopia!
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