At last the Mwalimu's story of the twin-engine private plane being launched from a swaying coconut tree off a Tanzanian island has been excelled.
Therefore I will NOT ask: How he saw the Japanese fisherman's appendix scar while fishing on the Chapora pier. Can strange foreign persons be approached in Swahili. Did the Japanese fisherman consider proactively removing any of his other organs since the lack of 'on-site' medical facilities would also affect them. Roland. Toronto. Mervyn Lobo writes: I was fishing on the pier at Chapora and noticed a young Japanese fisherman with a scar. So I asked him in Swahili if he had been to Africa. His answer was, "Once you have tasted the waters of mother Africa, it is difficult not to go back." Needless to say, he had been a volunteer (something like the American Peace Corps) in Tanzania. He then went on to show me the good fishing spot there and later, where the prawns bred in Siolim. The significance of the scar? The Japanese volunteers get their appendix removed before they leave Japan. This is done because there usually is little or no medical facilities when they are on site. ML08 1920EST
