Our first night sleep was peaceful a fan stirred the room air… it was nice. We arranged to meet at 8 am to drive to Jos. At 7:15 (fortunately I was up) a knock rattled the door. It was Danjumma. “Sorry sir, I have to get the car repaired. Hopefully we can leave by 9 or 10.” … Ahhh Nigeria!
I reset my alarm another hour-and-a half sleep! I’m tired. Again the alarm I climbed out of bed unplugged my laptop which was now fully charged and plugged in my phone… within seconds the fan stopped! NEPA (electricity) was off… Ahhh Nigeria.
A sign on the sink reads, “This water is not treated” … Ahhh Nigeria. (Fortunately I planned ahead and brought 4 quarts from Germany… we were good to go! I rushed my teeth and went to take my shower. Even through the power is out the water has heated in the morning so it was still hot and it felt good to be clean. Exiting the shower I realized, No Towels… Ahhh Nigeria!
It is now 10:30 and no sign of Danjumma yet… Ahhh Nigeria. Power is back on, the fan is funning and I’m going to take a nap… Ahhh Nigeria!
Danjumma came just as I lay down, so off to Jos we drove. Four hours later we arrived at JETS, connected with friends from last year and were shown to our room in the Guest House, the power was out… Ahhh Nigeria.
During a tour of the campus we learned that the wireless network is down… Ahhh Nigeria!
We unpacked eat a snack and headed to the campus Internet Café, which is working well, to post our blog and send some email.
We have met many people already and everyone here is so kind and friendly... Ahhh Nigeria!
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