Malaria (IN ITALIAN: bad air)

Hello all,

I'm back in Lusaka and glad to be returning to homestay. While at the provincial house I became violently ill and have been trying to recover ever since. While Zambia's been quite nice to me, malaria hasn't! But thankfully the Peace Corps gave me some pretty powerfully drugs, so the gruesome facts of the illness have been taken care of. Yet the achiness, the lethargy, and the inability to eat anything lingers. Thankfully though, I came down with it at the Peace Corps Provincal house, so I spent the brunt of the malality in front of a VCR watching video while downing oral rehydration salts. In other news, I have my new address! Its:

P.O. box 530376
Lundazi, Africa

So feel free to send letters (PLEASE!!!). Anyways keep up with the comments, they're lots of help! Hope all is well in the States!

--Ryan

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Hey all,

I know its been a while, but I've found an internet cafe days before I'll have access to free internet - so this one's short. I'm here in Lundazi. A BOMA (British somethingoranother...) in Eastern provience, literally right next to Malwai. I'm here for two weeks, putting down some roots, seeing my site, and getting away from training. This place is pretty cool! Ten minutes ago I was chillin out by a river 50 feet from a hippo, now I'm on a computer, and in ten more minutes I think I'm gonna go buy some 75 cent beers. Unfortunately I have to leave this place on Sunday and return to Training back in Lusaka, but that's ok, I'll get my fill till I come back in October. Oh yeah, lately instead of nshima, I've been eating beans here. A lot of beans. No really, it's sick. Anyways, till Wednesday.

Yours tootly,
Ryan