Well I think I can start my countdown now; slated to fly out of Addis Ababa on the 5th, which means I'd leave camp on the 4th via chopper to Makale, and then fly to Addis, spend the night, and fly out at close to midnight the next day. However, I'll likely have to be in Addis 2 or 3 days earlier by the looks of it, my x-ray gun was a loaner from the company until the one we ordered was ready. It's now ready, which means they want this one back, so I'll have to export this one, after going through the hassle of importing it. Paying duty...again... Why we can't just keep this one and trade the one we ordered for it I'm not sure. But at the end of the day, not my problem since I have zero control over it, just an extra piece of luggage for me.
If you've never been to Africa, it's very, very common for men to hold hands, you see more dudes holding hands than women. One of the local Afari's who idolizes me hadn't seen me in a few days and wanted to walk hand in hand with me. I let him. At least for a bit, it would have been an insult to pull my hand away, and I should accept it as an honour.
I'll stick by what I said earlier however, this is 10 months in Africa over the past 17 or so months, and I'm nearly burnt out. I'll fight every urge I have to get bored with the office.