well today was the day we had scheduled to take pictures of some of the people in the village along with the day we had picked to have the party at the orphanage... but our plans were dashed by an amazing African thunderstorm and some corrupt police... you cannot believe the size of the raindrops and the sound they make on the tin roof of our mess hall at the work site - it was very cool. thunder and lightening, torrents of water making mud all around us - amazing. it was a short day of work. there is a rockin' picture of rob in a shawshank redemption pose somewhere - if i locate it i'll add it to the post...
we went into town after work so people could use the internet cafe - and as we were leaving the area we were pulled over by the police. (no pictures of this!) seems we were going the wrong way down an unmarked one way street - following many other vehicles...but we were the only van full of Americans, so i guess they chose us... both MC and i were picturing our fathers twitching, looking around, somehow knowing their daughters were in a possible tight spot in a 3rd world country...honestly i was a little worried, but knew our drivers james and bonnifus would get us outta there.
after some tense moments and a brief detaining at the police department ("i am NOT getting out of this van" - chrissy) the guys were able to persuade the officer to let us return to our hotel. $1,000 shillings was our compromise... which equates to just over $10 US. had i known that i would have given them $100 US to just leave us alone... but then we wouldn't have the story.
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