Tropical Work
I leave for Jamaica tomorrow on a medical mission. Twenty-six are going: 21 doctors and nurses and five "lay persons". The doctors and nurses are the heart and soul of the mission. The lay persons, which include me, can only bring arms, legs, and strong backs as we support the docs and the real work of getting medical care to people who wouldn't otherwise have any. I still have no clue what, exactly, I'll be doing although I've been told repeatedly that I'll be very, very busy on clinic days. I hope to bird but don't expect to. I expect to photograph but we'll see what happens.
But whatever I do, it will be in the tropics. The Weather Underground predicts the following weather for Montego Bay:
Tuesday: Clear, hi 82, lo 73
Wednesday: Clear, hi 82, lo 71
Thursday: Clear, hi 80, lo 75
Friday: Clear, hi 80, lo 75
Saturday: Clear, hi 80, lo 75
Sunday: Clear, hi 80, lo 75
I guess I can leave my fur hat at home.
K-
Good luck on your trip. Will you come back with a Jamaican accent? And, will you be singing the the song, "Montego Bay?"
Thanks. As for the accent... I watched a documentary last week that showed some of the sources of poverty and lack of economic opportunity for Jamaica. Many Jamaicans - both poor and elite - were interviewed during the course of the movie. If the accents of the people I meet are similar to the accents of the people in the movie, I'm going to have a really hard time. I found the people in the movie tough to understand. Although I did learn that Jamaica is the 3rd most-populous English speaking country in the western hemisphere.
K-