Heat, baby bats and more heat

I'm not gonna lie. Southern Sudan is hot. What is so entertaining to me is that those who live here will very plainly state, "It's hot." My thought ... "That is the understatement of the year."

Today in Wau, it was 105.8. It cools down to around 90 at night, so with no A/C and no fan you just somewhat bake. 

I also was able to enjoy the presence of a baby bat in my room last night. At first, I saw what I thought was a mutated frog on the wall. But, then I realized it was making a high pitched chirping sound and the "mutated legs" were actually wings. Nice. And, I had just tried to jimmy-rig my mosquito netting, so my confidence in its ability to protect me was lacking. I woke up at some point in the early morning to someTHING banging on my door. I'm not sure what it was but I'm thinking it may have been the momma bat. Perfect. Especially since I opted against the rabies vaccine.

Tonight, I'm off to bed in my tent complete with electricity, a fan and a flushing toilet. Ah, for the small pleasures in life! ;)

Kelli