Sunny Sudan

Congrats to Mr. Glyn Hughes and George Mac for getting UNESCO accreditation by introducing development themes in the classroom! Who would have thought the world could be such a small place that Airdrie is recognized by the UN. Maybe I can put it on my resume....
www.unesco.org/education

Despite being incredibly tired after 9 hours of working yesterday, I went to a local restaurant(rember kids no pubs here) to watch Argentina v. Cote D'Ivore while enjoying an alcohol free guava juice. The match was shown on an incredibly small tv (which actually cut out a few times) with Arabic announcers . The place was pretty crowded and I couldn't help noticing that I was I was the only Argentina fan present (although I do harbour great affection for Drogba) - so I muffled my cheers as they went on to win. I was also the only woman present a situation I have come to accept.
Many Khartoum Sudanese are "funny" this way; they pretty much seem to claim an Arab identity when it comes to anything (culture, dress, language, religion, etc.)- except football (soccer). During World Cup everyone here is supporting the continent an odd brotherhood of convienience forged perhaps because they know Senegal has a far better shot at the Cup than Saudi Arabia does.

After about one hour of sleep the night before I headed out to see the Pyramids in Merowe. Amazing! You would have to be a fool to see them in Egypt when these ones are cheap, untouched and tourist free! We were pretty much left to our own devices to roam around the place accompanied by a local 14 year old solider acting as a tour guide. The "tour" was in Arabic so I was only privy to the few scraps of translated info my friends decided to ocasionally toss my way. It is about 10 degrees hotter there so I'm guessing 56ish- like standing on the surface of the sun! Because I was wearing flip flops I actually had to pull down my jeans a bit so the legs would cover my feet...

There has been a dust storm here for the last week, fun stuff. If I had a quarter for every grain of sand crammed in my sinuses, I'd be rich....