Ups and Downs...

My initial arrival and settling into the city went great. I haven't had
any issues with jetlag and after the first night I had my first team
meeting, purchased a bicycle, went for a run though the city streets,
listened to a group sing songs to honor their ancestors and met and
settled in with my new roommates! Don't interpret that as meaning that
all has gone totally smoothly...

-Only a few minutes after coming through immigration at the airport
during my first 5 minutes in the country, all the lights in the airport
went out and stayed that way for a while.
-During my second night in my apartment the lights suddenly went out in
our apartment (apparently because we had almost run out of the amount
of electricity we paid for this month)
-On my first taxi ride by myself, the driver had to ask six or seven
different people on the street and before reaching the intended
destination.

But He is good. I have been here 5 days, only known what half of the
stuff is that I've been eating, and still haven't gotten sick. Its also
great that I somehow managed to avoid getting in any accidents on my
bike as the flow of traffic  here isn't quite as structured as I am
accustomed to.