We went “swimming” in a waterfall…
Took showers and danced in the rain…
Preached…
Preached…
And preached some more…
We visited schools and orphanages…
Spent a few days in a remote village and hung out with some Maasai people…
"Celebrated" Thankgiving…
Said goodbye to our sweet team leader (who went home after contracting malaria and typhoid…
And then there were 5…
Tanzania in Numbers:
Number of meals that included rice: 23
Number of meals that included pasta: 6
Number of meals that included potatoes: 7
Number of meals that included chapati: 10
Number of meals that included ugali: 6
Number of cups of coffee: 17
Number of cups of tea: 5
Number of cups of chai tea: 1
Number of days with NO running water: 18
Number of tuk-tuk rides: 0
Number of matatu rides: 21
Number of times we ate meat: 11
Number of KFC’s: 0
Number of (bucket) showers: 10
New food I tried and loved: antelope, mangos
New food I would rather not have again: still ugali
Advice for future Racers in Morogoro/Tanzania:
1. Learn some more Swahili (because most people here do not speak English as well as they do in Kenya:
Bwana Safiwe: Praise Jesus
Habari aku (spelling?): How are you?
Mzuri: Good
Choo: Toilet
Safari: Travel
Baraka: Blessing
Naema: Grace
Pole pole: slowly
We we: you
Yesu: Jesus
Mungu aku bariki: God bless you
Mungu aku pende: God loves you
Goodbye: Kwaheri
2. Don’t get malaria and typhoid. That’s a month ruiner.
3. Go to Dar Es Salaam and Zanzibar Island if you can. We didn’t get to go to Zanzibar because there were terrorist attacks not long before we got to TZ. We were really bummed. I spent one day in Dar when we took Liz to the airport. It was nice and I hear there’s a Subway somewhere around there that may or may not have Raspberry Cheesecake cookies. AHHH!
4. If you’re in Morogoro, climb the Orogoro (spelling?) mountain and go to the waterfall! We had so much fun going upstream in the waterfall and sliding down the rocks into the water with the African babies.
