So this morning i got up and went to the fruit market before breakfast and got an avocado - hope its not rotten like my last one! Then i went and got a news paper because Greg, our videographer, and Harrison, our photographer, went to check out the news paper office yesterday and they wrote a story about them, and us being in tanzania! thats pretty cool (when i get home ill scan it for you all to read). we also had CBC call us last week when we were in Mikumi and did a interview with the staff who are here and one of the students, Kristen - if you listened to CBC radio monday morning you would have heard it! everyone wants to know about what we're doing here and the partnership we started. maybe more people will want to get involved and this could grow even bigger - and maybe i can come back here someday! we've done some amazing things while we're here. we went hiking upUdzungwa Mountain to see the 170m water fall and i swam at the bottom of it. i played with wild monkeys at the jozani forest in zanzibar (which was so cool by the way! we went hiking and came across some red colobus monkeys who were super friendly. they were climbing on us, and hanging off our cameras that were around our necks! i had one sitting on my knee and it went to climb up my face.. i think it was going for my nose ring, but it missed and stuck its hand right in my mouth!!). lets see what else - we got to see how the education system works here (we visited a NGO in Bagamoyo that runs a elementary school for 100 students, we had a quick tour of a secondary school in Mikumi, and then we spent a week at VETA, a college, where we had the oppotunity to sit in on classes to learn, as well as teach their students some of the stuff we have learned. it has been amazing! we went on a safari and saw more animals in one day than i've ever seen before - and not just any animals, but lions and giraffes and elephants etc. you know, the cool animals. we danced and sang with Masai on the beach all night in Zanzibar - and they tried to teach us how to through their knives! it was sweet! the culture here is so amazing, i think everyone should experience it! even though it feel so different than home, it is still like home. everyone i meet is beyond friendly, and will do anything for you. they laugh at us when we attempt to speak swahili, but instead of just laughing, they teach us how to properly say things. the resort hotel that we stayed at in zanzibar has to be the best kept secret in all of africa! it was on a public beach, but nobody else uses it, and was so beautiful. i wish i could have stayed there longer than just one night, but i'm glad we had that chance anyways! if you're lukcy, ill share the name of it with you so you can see for yourself! (that is, when i find out what it was called).
anyways, Ni siku nzuri sana (today is a beautiful day) and i should get back to the hotel for some breakfast before im too late!
i hate that im leaving here this afternoon, there is still so much more to explore and experience. I guess that is all the more reason to come back - i wish we could come back with the same people too. we have all gotten so close and are such good friends! we'll see, maybe it'll happen.
next adventure on my list is switzerland! we will arrive at 6:00am tomorrow morning, and will be home on tuesday night. it's going to be so much fun! we dont have much planned, but we have a place to stay, so don't worry! also not sure on the internet connection, but if i get a chance, ill be sure to let you know how its going.
Thanks everyone for keeping in touch, i'll be home soon :)
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