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- The Hot Zone 06 July 2008
- World of Pain 13 July 2008
- Healthiest Hearts 20 July 2008
- Jungle Tripping 27 July 2008
Xand_van_Tulleken says:
26 January | 11:19
In each location we tried to learn to intorduce ourselves as quickly as possible - thes eare my notes on this, taken on the first day. Seeing patients and getting to know people through a translator is very slow, and it's hard to develop a rapport, but at least being able to say hello and ask someone's name helps a bit. On the left page are my scribbles for peoples names. There were about 40 people in the group of biaka that we stayed with, and initially my notes just recorded peoples t-shirts (batman in the case above) or relationships. I always try to learn the word for turtle in what ever country i'm in. I rarely get a chance to use it (though in congo we encountered them frequently) but we had a pet turtle when we were growing up that my father had for 57 years.