Chapter 1 cont.

I haven't been able to read a whole lot more from my last blog.. but I am hooked for sure! this book continues to get interesting. I think that it is so horrible how Monet has this horrible virus/disease. He literally started to die on the plane ride to Nairobi hospital. As he was waiting in the waiting room he basically collapsed because he was so miserable. When the doctor looked at him.. Monet spit up red blood with black chunks into his face, and his mouth. The doctor didnt really think it was as horrible as it seemed. But eventually the doctor started feeling the same symptoms that Monet experienced at first. I cant believe that someone could actually experience this, and it just amazes me how they just let this man get on a plane and suffer without any aid to him. The virus/disease is spreading everywhere he goes. I am excited to keep reading!

Getting Started with Chapter 1

So far this book seems very gripping. I am already really interested in this book because it grabs your attention right at the start. The book starts out when Charles Monet is loner that worked at a sugar factory in western Kenya. He works near Mount Elgon (which straddles the border of Uganda and Kenya) and he is very interested in exploring throughout this forest. After work sometimes he would go out into the forest leisurely. He liked to interact with the monkeys and laid food down for birds in the forest. He then decides that he wants to go through Mount Elgon, he takes a friend with him on his expedition. They come across a cave called Kitum Cave. This cave is very dangerous because there are elephants and monkeys and bats that live in there. While they are going through this cave, they come across a board that looks like a roof in the cave. However, there is guano on this and Monet starts to get really sick from this guano that came from the bats. It is described as an ooze that must be dangerous. I just got into the more exciting part of this story so far. I am anxious to find out what Monet is sick from and if he is going to survive. And what happened to his other friend...that is the question i have yet to answer!

Why this book?

I chose this book because it seemed really interesting about the Ebola virus because I have never even heard of this before. Also it is a true story so it seems like this book will be very interesting to read. The Ebola virus is a very rapid spreading disease, that kills people very gruesomely. I am very drawn to this kind of topic because I've always wanted to know more about the very dangerous viruses and how you can get them. I think this book will give a very good insight as to how viruses can affect people's lives.