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Monday Jan 22, 2007

Here at last

Well, after all the months of waiting im here! im sat in Iringa, Tanzania. We landed jan 9th at 7am and after the 8 hour plane journey we had to travel another 8 1/2 hours by bus to Iringa which is further in land than dar es salam. the journey was amazing, which breath-taking views and nasty toilet stops! For the first 2 nights I stayed in a hostel with my fellow volunteers...5 other english, 6 americans, 2 aussies and a kiwi. they are all roughly my age (19) up to 22ish, with only one american a lot older, but hes only 28. After 2 days we moved to homestays, where we are living for 4 weeks. I am with a huge family, with only the mother speaking english, but it means I get to practice my swahilli which im learning 9-4.30 mon-sat. so far not getting very far past gramatic rules, but its only the 2nd week of lessons. The family are really nice, with a 2 yr old and a 3 yr old called gladdy and happiness; they have become my best friends at the moment, and a few older sisters aswell.

Learnt to wash my clothes the other day which was an experience and a half, but it amused the family greatly. Also have been alowd to cook,  which is a step up from the first week, in which they wouldnt let me even take my plate out, but admitidly all i did was stir and pour in what the gave me, but i was proud!

Not much more to report at the moment, just getting used to life over here, squating to go to the toilet, sticking my bum out the window to get to and from school, eating rice continually! but Im loving it.

Hopefully have more to tell when swahilli is finished in a few weeks.

em

P.S i appologise for my spellings, after 6 hoursof swahilli lessons my attention to grammer and spelling are minimal.

Posted by Emily ( 2:38 PM )
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