POST 11: mti mkubwa
We headed out early in the morning to buy fruit trees for Cheku. Negotiations are beyond me here and I just watch.
POST 10: Nimechoka
My feet hurt. I mean really hurt. Not just like a little tired but blistered and red and achy. The day usually starts out simple.
POST 9: kukwama
If I could only use one word to describe today it would be stuck (Kukwama). We started the day early with a rented car.
POST 8: Hawaelewi
One of the biggest challenges that I have here is communication, not just that I don’t know the language but I don’t really know what to ask for.
POST 7: Dagaa
I just ate an entire plate of anchovies. Yes tiny little dried fish. Actually “I think” they were anchovies.
POST 6: Moja Mbili Tatu Tabasamu
I spend a lot of time at the hotel which is kind of like staying at someone’s house so I sit and hang out like everybody else.
POST 5: Ninafurahi Kukutanan Nawewe
Language is what connects us together but it’s also what makes it nerve wracking to be in another country if you can’t speak it.
POST 4: Pili pili ho ho
I was nervous with the bus because it had been raining a little bit so I was worried the roads would be too wet.
POST 3: Pole Pole Sana
This morning I met Moshi at the phone store to get a sim card and then we headed off to the Tanzania tourist board to meet someone he has been working with for many years.
POST 2: Arrival
I had been traveling for over 21/2 days without sleeping so was worried I would just keel over on my arrival.