Helene's eye...

The other day while she was teaching her workshop, Helene's eye started to bug her (something about an old contact lens or something...). It calmed down but then yesterday, as she was doing the second part of the day's session, it kind of went phooey on her and made her quit for the day and even take the extraordinary measure of trying to return to the hotel in taxi rather than dalla dalla... A couple of hours later, she met me at the Shangani where her eye had totally puffed up and was causing her that stinging needle type of pain. I tried washing it out in the shower but that only hurt her more and we thought that a trip to a Zanzabarian hospital might be in order... Still, because she could still see (when she could get the lids open), I figured that some time and darkness might be ticket... hence the patch.

This morning it was still swollen but went back to normal -- thankfully -- over the course of our tour around Stone Town.

Moments like that (and the fainting spell on the airplane) make one appreciate good health when travelling...