Hello from Nigeria

I made it to Lagos last night (Tuesday evening, Nigeria time zone) after a very long but immensely pleasant couple of flights with my co-workers Vivian and Nicole. We flew on Lufthansa this time, and I think their business class is even better than KLM’s. The seats were high-tech and very comfortable – even had massage feature! I must have watched a dozen movies. Boarded first, of course, and enjoyed bonbons and champagne in cool, spacious comfort while the ‘riff-raff’ back in coach schlepped their bags, boxes and babies past us and into their tiny allotted spaces.

Today was our first day of work. All day we verified chlamydia and gonorrhea lab results, as well as the “informed consent” forms in the study participant files, at FHI’s HIV program office. Now we’re back at the hotel and waiting for dinnertime. Hope you all have a good evening.