I enjoyed reading every bit of your stories! I have had only very unreliable internet connections most of the times, so I ended up reading everything when here in Addis Abeba.
Your stories about leeches and horseflies sound very very familiar with my experiences in Malagasy rainforests, so they were a lot of fun to read (though less fun to go through).
And your comments about nature conservation do really remind me of the current situation here in Ethiopia, where things like a national park are mainly written down somewhere but not enforced at all, with a government that is only interested in short term gains and in copying China...