Co-habiting with a lot of insects and creepy-crawlies is a fact of life in the tropics, even up here in Addis at a height of 2,300 metres. Judging by our comparative bug-bite number, I’m a tastier morsel than Chris as far as mosquitoes are concerned, and it is one such evil black mosquito that’s currently “zizzing” around my left ear in the middle of the night.