05.- 06.03.2011
For the very first time at my home away from home I woke in a terrible mood (first time in five weeks, not bad)! All week I’d been woken up at 6.00 to our gardener singing under my window or the donkey saying good morning to him and was really looking forward to catching Z’s at least till ten. Well at 8.30 the house shook as someone started to fix the living room ceiling. Got up accompanied by a few curse words, had breakfast and decided to give bed another shot cause the day got off to such a bad start. Well…. apparently I needed the sleep since the next time I opened my eyes the time was no less than 14.00 :D
On to other news… Close to a city called Arusha, lives a man who according to him has gotten a gift from God. He strips bark off a certain tree, boils it in water, and when drank this water can heal any disease a person may have including HIV. It only works under the special tree thus people have to come to him for the “treatment”, he cannot go to them. Everyone from government officials to farmers has heard of this man and apparently important people from abroad as well have flown to see him. The whole nation is healer crazy! People are traveling all across the country by the bus full’s to get a sip of this magic water. Some very sick individuals have died on their journey which was the last hope for many. Tourists are finding it hard to book safaris since most drivers noticed it more profitable to drive people to see the old man and back. At the moment the line is 5 days long!! Thousands and thousands of people are sleeping under the stars, water and food is extremely expensive and mother’s who had no other option are there with their young children. It must be only a matter of time before chaos breaks out. Let’s hope the healer doesn’t suddenly run out of his water because there is no saying what kind of a reaction that will bring out from a gigantic group of people that believe their life will soon be saved by water touched by the hand of God...
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