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| My dinner |
Different cultures have different ways of
greeting each other. Some kiss on one
cheek, others kiss on both cheeks. Then
the Dutch go all out and kiss 3 times.
Some cultures hug and some cultures wave hello. The Kenyans shake hands.
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| Carol and my dinner :) |
This greeting is done frequently. When someone walks into a room, everyone’s
hand is shaken. When someone comes up to
the truck to have a conversation with the driver, everyone’s hand gets shaken;
even the people in the back of the truck.
The handshake is genuine and firm.
Sometimes it is a straightforward handshake. Sometimes it includes a choreographed
routine. This is hard to describe. First step is a normal handshake. Secondly is a quick movement of hands to be
grasping the other person’s hand. Thirdly,
the hands switch back to a normal handshake.
I have not been able to determine when this handshake is coming, so
normally I look a bit silly when I pull away before the time. I must say that when I do get to use this
handshake, I feel like I am preforming a secret handshake in a secret
society.
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| Elephant taking water |
Handshaking is done all the time. There is even an alternate handshake used
when your hands are dirty. In this case,
you simply offer up your right forearm to be shaken.
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| Itty Bitty Babies! |
Shaking hands has become very normal. I actually feel left out if I don’t receive a
handshake.
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| Sunset on Sunday night |
This weekend has been pleasant. I have been up early to go and examine our
baby orphan black rhinos after an adult black rhino attacked them on
Thursday. See “When babies get hurt”. The two injured rhinos, Kilifi and Nicky,
have markedly improved. I went to see
them this morning and decided only Nicky needed medications. I swiftly injected him whilst he was suckling
his bottle. I joked with Sarah that no
one would believe that it was that easy to inject a rhino. She said that I had mastered the technique.
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| Sundowner on Sunday night |
I was able to do some lab work, but the
heat of the day combined with early starts to the days led to a few naps. Naps are so essential sometimes.
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