Sadly, Andy felt very ill last night and Anita (the lady who runs the Bansang Charity) arranged for him to have an air conditioned room in a Research Centre about a mile away from the hospital. It was only available for the one night but Andy said it was just bliss. Very very clean, with a bathroom that actually had running water and 24 hour electricity. Gosh what luxury Thank you to Anita for her help organising this. :beerjug
He did get a good sleep and this morning he had breakfast with the camera crew he spent yesterday with. He said they were great company. This morning he was meant to be taken to Anita's house for breakfast - that never materialised and so he had a great breakfast with the camera crew - fish, onions boiled eggs and bread with coffee. Delicious were his words and he took a photo!
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The crew also showed him the hospital including the fairly new children's ward. The old ward housed several children in one filthy bed and no isolation for contagious illnesses. The new ward gives one bed for a mother and her child and isolated areas for contagious diseases.
Andy found good homes for the final two Teds and for the notepads and crayons I had packed in his bag.
The "Paradise" he stayed in on the first night does have air conditioned rooms and one was available (although it switches off at 2pm the room is still loads cooler than a room with only a fan). However, this was not put to him as an option and so he is now in Banjul - the capital. He is in the hotel where the others will stay on Thursday night just prior to their flight on Friday evening.
He left this morning with Mike who went on last years trip and goes back to the hospital as often as he can to give his dentistry skills. It takes four hours to get to Banjul - but an interesting journey no doubt.
He could have stayed on in an air conditioned room but he got the feeling that Dennis and certain others were glad to see him gone - can't be doing with an ill person....... :mad
In fact one of the "team's" parting words were "Bloody Wuss". Wow what a team - long before the start of all this we were told that Dennis would split the group and he has done exactly that.
Jon and Joe had kindly offered to remove the spotlights from Chubby and swap the shock absorbers - thank you to them for that.
Andy had put really super duper ones on with a view to bringing them home for the other Chubbie here. The ones he is leaving on are almost new so should give many miles of comfortable riding.
When Andy spoke with me last night he just did not know what to do - I told him to speak with Anita. He is now in a beautiful hotel in Banjul - he has a fridge and so can keep his insulin in there. He has a great spotless room with a comfy bed and there is a swimming pool. The rest of the team will get to enjoy this on Thursday night.
He sounds better already - he is getting regular food and getting his sugar levels stable again.
I still think he has achieved what he set out to do - that is ride a C90 to The Gambia and hand it over to the hospital there - and he has done this DESPITE Dennis.
It could have been so much better if he had just had a small amount of time to manage his diabetes through the trip - but hey ho - he has done it and he is getting back to being well again - so all is well that ends well.
He has wi fi now and has already "Skyped" me tonight. I also have loads of photos to put up so as I have said before - watch this space!
