I'm in Tanzania. After about 26 hours of traveling, I arrived in Dar Es Salaam around 10:30 last night. Today's excitement has included a Yellow Fever immunization, as well as many many neat introductions. There are a couple of volunteers here at the end of their 2-year stay, and they have been happy to answer all of our eager questions.
My group is pretty neat: there are 41 of us, 3 are computer teachers and the rest of us are secondary school math and science teachers--so it's a group dynamic (nerds) I'm familiar with. One of our volunteers is on his third Peace Corps assignment, he first went to Iran in '67, and more recently to Samoa in '01. He says that he's going to "keep doing it until I get it right."
Tomorrow we go to Morogoro, which besides having a really cool sounding name, is supposed to be a lovely place. Dar, though I haven't seen much of it, is not the nicest of cities (though the weather seems better than Houston's, if only by a little). Morogoro on the other hand, is supposed to be quite lovely. It's about 200 km inland from Dar and is pleasantly hilly.
Tomorrow night will be spent in a hostel in Morogoro, but after that I will be living with a Tanzanian family until Nov. 29, when training ends. I can't wait to dig in to learning Kiswahili and see everything I possibly can.
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Wishing you well as you embark upon the adventure of a lifetime!
Such a great thing to do at a time when many cultures feel we only export the opposite of peace.
-C
By the way...
Can we leave a list of places we want pictures of you on your days off? The beach, the market,...etc.
Kind of like "Where's Waldo?" or... "Where in the World is Gregor Sandiego?"
How about these for starters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kibo_summit_of_Mt_Kilimanjaro_001.JPG
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_kilimanjaro.html
http://www.decadevolcano.net/volcanoes/africa/oldoinyo_lengai/lengai.htm
Here's your "short course" on the regional geology. The area just happens to be a little bit famous in geologic circles.
http://www.geolor.com/East_African_Rift_Valley_geolor.htm
-C
P.S. Oh, and don't forget that wise traveler's adage: "don't leave your passport in the trunk of the car" ;-)
YAY WHEEE HOOORAYY YIPEEE!!!
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