Hi All,
I am coming down to the last few days at my placement. I finish working at the hospital on Wednesday & then begin climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro on Thursday. It will take me 6 days to climb (4 days up & 2 days down) so I will be out of touch with everyone until I return.
I can't believe I have less than two weeks left, time has flown by. I think leaving will be bittersweet, happy to be home but sad to leave.
I have now been to 2 of the nurses house for a meal. They are very hospitable; you go to their house, they make you food, & then they give you a gift: kind of the opposite from home. Their houses were quite nice, but very different from one another. Though they both tell me they are very poor & they don't have much they are willing to give me the world. The people are what I will miss the most.
Just wanted to touch base before I leave for the mountain. I love & miss you all & thank you for keeping up with our blog.
xo Leah
Monday, August 17, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Lion King
We both returned intact from Safari and had the most amazing experience. We woke up Thursday morning and quickly finished packing our bags before breakfast. Our guides arrived at 8:00 packed up the Land Cruisers and we were off. Our first stop was Tarangire National Park, which has more elephants per square kilometer then anywhere else in the world. Tarangire is also know for the boabab trees, they are very unique and look like the roots are coming out the top of the tree, the legend is told that a long time ago the boabab angered God so he planted the trees upside down for eternity. This park was a great first stop; we saw lots of elephants, zebras, antelope, warthogs and wildebeest (Leah’s favorite). One elephant came so close to the second car everyone had to duck their heads in so it would not get angry and charge. We spent the first night at a campground just outside of the park, ate an amazing dinner cooked by our chef Albert (also known as kibu kuli which means small cup).
We got up bright and early on day 2 and started our long drive to the Serengeti. It was about 2 hours to the gates of Ngorogoro Crater and another 3 hours on a very very bumpy dirt road to the Serengeti campsite. We stopped for lunch in the Great Rift Valley (on the other side of the crater) at Olduvai, which is ‘the birth place of mankind’; it is the site where they have discovered the oldest bones and fossils of our ancestors. It was very cool to be in a place with so much history, we checked out the museum that described a lot of the findings and different digs that took place. After lunch we proceeded on to the Serengeti. Serengeti is the Masai word for endless plains, which is very suiting. It is such a beautiful park that goes on forever. As we were driving to the campsite we stopped to see a large group of hippos and a leopard sleeping in a tree, from that moment on we knew it was going to be an awesome place to safari. We were one of the first groups to arrive at the campsite and quickly set up our tents in a row claiming our spots. We had spaghetti and meat sauce for dinner, with one of Albert’s fantastic soups – and, of course, a heaping plate of mango and papaya for dessert. We finished the evening with ghost stories in our tent before settling to sleep.
Leah and I slept soundly the whole night - other people we less fortunate (the wild animals kept them awake). Turns out baboons and giraffes visited the site at night (some even swear they heard a lion). We woke up and had tea and cookies at 6 30 and headed out for a morning drive. The day started off better then we could have hoped, we saw another leopard right away, then four cheetahs walking in the distance. We wanted to stop to visit the hippos again, but our guide Kisali told us he had a lead on lions. We saw a mom and her young son sitting in the grass, the eventually both stood up and walked straight in front of the trucks to the river to drink, we were able to follow them and watch them drink, it was unbelievable. We continued on our way back to the hippos, saw some zebra’s, more elephants and more wildebeest. Just before heading back for lunch we saw three more lions finishing a meal in the grass, their mouths were smeared with blood and they were licking their lips. We watched them for a while before heading back to eat. After lunch it was time to pack up and drive to Ngorogoro for the night. Our drive out of Serengeti was just as eventful as the morning. We spotted a young male lion perched perfectly on ‘Pride Rock’, another female on the side of the road, and finally a full-grown male lion with the most incredible mane. We were blown away by our luck. We thought the day could not get better, but on the other side of the gates we came across a family of giraffes right on the side of the road, so close to the truck, we had been waiting to see them all day. The rest of the drive was uneventful and incredibly bumpy and dusty, we were filthy and coughing up dirt when we got to Ngorogoro campsite. It was very very cold there, we set up our tents, put on our warmest clothes, wrapped ourselves in blankets and went to the mess hall for hot cocoa and pop-corn. As we sat down to eat one of the other cooks popped in and yelled at us to look outside, a huge male elephant had wandered into the campsite… I mean HUGE!! Apparently he stops by often to drink from the water tank that is conveniently his height, it was unreal, the perfect end to a fantastic day.
Our final day had arrived, we woke up and ate a breakfast of crepes, toast, mango, and eggs and started off into the crater. We were bundled up in our blankets, as it was still very cold in the morning. The crater was absolutely stunning; we stopped at the top and at various places on the way down to take pictures. We spent the morning driving around, enjoying the views and the animals. We were on a hunt for a rhino and a closer cheetah. We had a lead on a rhino and went to check it out but had no success. We were lucky with the cheetah though, and saw him just as he was heading away from the road. We also saw many birds, more zebra’s/wildebeest, hyenas, jackals, as well as water buffalo and pink flamingos. All in all it was another good day. We got back to camp after a picnic in the park and packed the truck to drive home. It was an amazing 4 days that we will both remember forever. We have amazing pictures that I cannot wait to share with you.
Love you all and look forward to telling you about more adventures!!!
xoxo - Sarah
We got up bright and early on day 2 and started our long drive to the Serengeti. It was about 2 hours to the gates of Ngorogoro Crater and another 3 hours on a very very bumpy dirt road to the Serengeti campsite. We stopped for lunch in the Great Rift Valley (on the other side of the crater) at Olduvai, which is ‘the birth place of mankind’; it is the site where they have discovered the oldest bones and fossils of our ancestors. It was very cool to be in a place with so much history, we checked out the museum that described a lot of the findings and different digs that took place. After lunch we proceeded on to the Serengeti. Serengeti is the Masai word for endless plains, which is very suiting. It is such a beautiful park that goes on forever. As we were driving to the campsite we stopped to see a large group of hippos and a leopard sleeping in a tree, from that moment on we knew it was going to be an awesome place to safari. We were one of the first groups to arrive at the campsite and quickly set up our tents in a row claiming our spots. We had spaghetti and meat sauce for dinner, with one of Albert’s fantastic soups – and, of course, a heaping plate of mango and papaya for dessert. We finished the evening with ghost stories in our tent before settling to sleep.
Leah and I slept soundly the whole night - other people we less fortunate (the wild animals kept them awake). Turns out baboons and giraffes visited the site at night (some even swear they heard a lion). We woke up and had tea and cookies at 6 30 and headed out for a morning drive. The day started off better then we could have hoped, we saw another leopard right away, then four cheetahs walking in the distance. We wanted to stop to visit the hippos again, but our guide Kisali told us he had a lead on lions. We saw a mom and her young son sitting in the grass, the eventually both stood up and walked straight in front of the trucks to the river to drink, we were able to follow them and watch them drink, it was unbelievable. We continued on our way back to the hippos, saw some zebra’s, more elephants and more wildebeest. Just before heading back for lunch we saw three more lions finishing a meal in the grass, their mouths were smeared with blood and they were licking their lips. We watched them for a while before heading back to eat. After lunch it was time to pack up and drive to Ngorogoro for the night. Our drive out of Serengeti was just as eventful as the morning. We spotted a young male lion perched perfectly on ‘Pride Rock’, another female on the side of the road, and finally a full-grown male lion with the most incredible mane. We were blown away by our luck. We thought the day could not get better, but on the other side of the gates we came across a family of giraffes right on the side of the road, so close to the truck, we had been waiting to see them all day. The rest of the drive was uneventful and incredibly bumpy and dusty, we were filthy and coughing up dirt when we got to Ngorogoro campsite. It was very very cold there, we set up our tents, put on our warmest clothes, wrapped ourselves in blankets and went to the mess hall for hot cocoa and pop-corn. As we sat down to eat one of the other cooks popped in and yelled at us to look outside, a huge male elephant had wandered into the campsite… I mean HUGE!! Apparently he stops by often to drink from the water tank that is conveniently his height, it was unreal, the perfect end to a fantastic day.
Our final day had arrived, we woke up and ate a breakfast of crepes, toast, mango, and eggs and started off into the crater. We were bundled up in our blankets, as it was still very cold in the morning. The crater was absolutely stunning; we stopped at the top and at various places on the way down to take pictures. We spent the morning driving around, enjoying the views and the animals. We were on a hunt for a rhino and a closer cheetah. We had a lead on a rhino and went to check it out but had no success. We were lucky with the cheetah though, and saw him just as he was heading away from the road. We also saw many birds, more zebra’s/wildebeest, hyenas, jackals, as well as water buffalo and pink flamingos. All in all it was another good day. We got back to camp after a picnic in the park and packed the truck to drive home. It was an amazing 4 days that we will both remember forever. We have amazing pictures that I cannot wait to share with you.
Love you all and look forward to telling you about more adventures!!!
xoxo - Sarah
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Zanzibar Vacation - Amazingly beautiful!
Sorry we have been out of touch for a while. We just returned from a 6 day, 5 night vacation just off the coast of Tanzania to the island of Zanzibar. It is technically a part of Tanzania, though it is kind of like Quebec, except more extreme. They have their own government and all the documentation is completely different.
Sarah, Steph (another girl from the house) & I flew out on Friday morning & arrived in Stonetown. There is a lot of history within the walls of Stonetown. Friday we wandered the streets, which are a bunch of confusing small alleys with shops, hotels, & restaurants on every corner. We went for lunch to Freddy Mercury’s which was right on the beach & located beside the port where we waited for the other 4 people to show up. 4 of them decided to take the bus from Arusha to Dar es Salem & then the ferry across to Zanzibar in order to save money. We decided it was a vacation & we didn’t want to waste a full day on the bus (it takes 10 hours on the bus plus a 2 hour ferry ride).
Friday night we went to the “night market.” It is in an open field next to the Indian Ocean & there are a ton of vendors selling seafood, sugarcane juice, & Zanzibar pizza (a tin crepe like outside that they put beef, onions, & veggies inside then they crack an egg in it, fold up the corners & then fry it. It was quite delicious. I also had my fill of seafood for a while, & I tried shark & barracuda!
Saturday we woke up quite early & went on a Spice Tour just outside Stonetown. We saw a lot of different spices at the plantation & tasted a lot of different fruits. We also had a lot of boys following us making us rings, necklaces, bracelets & baskets to hold our spices out of leaves. Of course we tipped them at the end of the tour. We were then given an opportunity to buy a lot of spices, which of course I did! They all look so good, hopefully they will stay semi-fresh until I get home. We were then served a delicious lunch from the spices we had just seen. We were then taken to a beach for about an hour just to hang out & we also got to see one of the slave caves. It was quite emotional seeing the conditions they were forced to stay in & the lengths many of them went to in order to escape. Few made it out & many died trying. The beach was gorgeous, I love the Indian Ocean, the water is so blue & the sand is powdery white.
That night we ate at a delicious Indian restaurant with the best Garlic Naan. Stonetown has a large Arab background so the Indian food is very good. That night we went to The Africa House hotel & smoked Shisha as a group, it was very relaxing sitting on the balcony over looking the night market & ocean. There is also a woman who lives there & has a monkey who we played with for a long time. She is the cutest little thing & had so much energy.
Sunday we headed out to Jozani Forest in central Zanzibar to see the Colubus monkeys, which are only found in Zanzibar. They were not shy at all & walked right by us. There were also a lot of cool trees & we went to a Mangrove and could walk on the roots of the trees with swamp underneath. From there we went to the south east coast, called Jambiani where we spent Sunday afternoon to Tuesday morning.
Jambiani was a lazy vacation spent lying on the beach with my book & music. We had a “family house” so all of us stayed together & it walked out to sand & 20 steps to the actual beach. The Pakachi Beach Hotel (where we stayed) is owned by a really laid back rasta guy so it was a really relaxing time. I got henna tattooed on my foot & even got a massage on the beach – amazing! Monday we also rented a Dhow (traditional wooden boat) & went snorkeling & fishing. There were a lot of cool small fish & nice coral & Sam & Steph both caught fish (not big enough to eat though).
Unfortunately on Tuesday we had to leave to go back to Stonetown. I wanted to stay on the beach forever. It was even nicer than the beach in Stonetown, with the clearest turquoise water & it was gorgeously hot (well all of Zanzibar is hot, especially compared to Arusha). I can’t wait to show you guys pictures. When we got back to Stonetown we walked around through all the alleys, got lunch, & real coffee which is a hot commodity here, where everything is instant. I also shopped & again ate at the night market.
All in the entire trip was amazing. We flew back this afternoon & are now packing for safari, which starts tomorrow until Sunday. We go to Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro national parks. I am looking forward to it & can’t wait to let you know all about it.
Sarah, Steph (another girl from the house) & I flew out on Friday morning & arrived in Stonetown. There is a lot of history within the walls of Stonetown. Friday we wandered the streets, which are a bunch of confusing small alleys with shops, hotels, & restaurants on every corner. We went for lunch to Freddy Mercury’s which was right on the beach & located beside the port where we waited for the other 4 people to show up. 4 of them decided to take the bus from Arusha to Dar es Salem & then the ferry across to Zanzibar in order to save money. We decided it was a vacation & we didn’t want to waste a full day on the bus (it takes 10 hours on the bus plus a 2 hour ferry ride).
Friday night we went to the “night market.” It is in an open field next to the Indian Ocean & there are a ton of vendors selling seafood, sugarcane juice, & Zanzibar pizza (a tin crepe like outside that they put beef, onions, & veggies inside then they crack an egg in it, fold up the corners & then fry it. It was quite delicious. I also had my fill of seafood for a while, & I tried shark & barracuda!
Saturday we woke up quite early & went on a Spice Tour just outside Stonetown. We saw a lot of different spices at the plantation & tasted a lot of different fruits. We also had a lot of boys following us making us rings, necklaces, bracelets & baskets to hold our spices out of leaves. Of course we tipped them at the end of the tour. We were then given an opportunity to buy a lot of spices, which of course I did! They all look so good, hopefully they will stay semi-fresh until I get home. We were then served a delicious lunch from the spices we had just seen. We were then taken to a beach for about an hour just to hang out & we also got to see one of the slave caves. It was quite emotional seeing the conditions they were forced to stay in & the lengths many of them went to in order to escape. Few made it out & many died trying. The beach was gorgeous, I love the Indian Ocean, the water is so blue & the sand is powdery white.
That night we ate at a delicious Indian restaurant with the best Garlic Naan. Stonetown has a large Arab background so the Indian food is very good. That night we went to The Africa House hotel & smoked Shisha as a group, it was very relaxing sitting on the balcony over looking the night market & ocean. There is also a woman who lives there & has a monkey who we played with for a long time. She is the cutest little thing & had so much energy.
Sunday we headed out to Jozani Forest in central Zanzibar to see the Colubus monkeys, which are only found in Zanzibar. They were not shy at all & walked right by us. There were also a lot of cool trees & we went to a Mangrove and could walk on the roots of the trees with swamp underneath. From there we went to the south east coast, called Jambiani where we spent Sunday afternoon to Tuesday morning.
Jambiani was a lazy vacation spent lying on the beach with my book & music. We had a “family house” so all of us stayed together & it walked out to sand & 20 steps to the actual beach. The Pakachi Beach Hotel (where we stayed) is owned by a really laid back rasta guy so it was a really relaxing time. I got henna tattooed on my foot & even got a massage on the beach – amazing! Monday we also rented a Dhow (traditional wooden boat) & went snorkeling & fishing. There were a lot of cool small fish & nice coral & Sam & Steph both caught fish (not big enough to eat though).
Unfortunately on Tuesday we had to leave to go back to Stonetown. I wanted to stay on the beach forever. It was even nicer than the beach in Stonetown, with the clearest turquoise water & it was gorgeously hot (well all of Zanzibar is hot, especially compared to Arusha). I can’t wait to show you guys pictures. When we got back to Stonetown we walked around through all the alleys, got lunch, & real coffee which is a hot commodity here, where everything is instant. I also shopped & again ate at the night market.
All in the entire trip was amazing. We flew back this afternoon & are now packing for safari, which starts tomorrow until Sunday. We go to Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro national parks. I am looking forward to it & can’t wait to let you know all about it.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Tanzanian Life
Hi all,
So three weeks have passed and I have settled into Tanzanian life. Work is going well, some days are very slow and there is nothing to do, but other days are very hectic. Monday, Wednesday and Friday the baby clinic is busy and Tuesday and Thursday the other volunteers and I float throughout the clinic between the nursing station where we take blood pressure and weight of the patients, reception, and the wards. This week we are going to try and get into the lab to test ourselves for malaria ect. I have seen three c-sections but no natural births yet (apparently most of the happen during the night, haha, I don’t know how they work that out). On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons I go to a school up the street to play games with the kids.
Weekends are peaceful, we tend to lounge around the house, do laundry and go out for food. Yesterday Leah and I went on a road trip to our friend Nelson’s village near Moshi. He is fixing up his old house there and turning into an orphanage with the help of one of the past volunteers. His village was amazing, absolutely beautiful, the orphanage is going to be awesome, he still has quite a bit of work to do but hopes to be able to move the kids in soon. We met a lot of the orphans that will be living there and gave them new clothes and toys that we brought over. Most of the kids are currently living with neighbors or relatives but are not being treated well so hopefully they will be able to move in soon. We also gave an HIV talk to the women and some of the men in his village, which went very well. They were very appreciative and hopefully will pass on the information to their families and friends. It was a long but wonderful day. The drive was stunning, it made me so happy to be here, Tanzania is one of the most beautiful places I have visited.
Today we all went for breakfast at one of the hotels up the road. It was so good to eat cheese and fruit and drink real coffee. The food at home is great, but there are a few things that we miss. Isaac (our cook) tends to only buy fruit once a week, and is eaten very quickly- luckily we pass orange carts all the way home from work so we can easily buy fruits ourselves, but it was a treat to have an endless supply at breakfast. The coffee was also amazing… at home we drink Africafe instant coffee (I drink a lot of tea instead), it sure makes real coffee taste amazing though! Haha. After breakfast a few of us went on a walk to the new Basecamp house, we are moving in September to a smaller house that is closer to most of the placements. Our house right now is too big for the low season because there are generally only 5 volunteers at a time, the new house is amazing though, it has a beautiful front yard and huge garden that the landlord is going to have maintained, it is all on one floor with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Moses (our country coordinator) has even agreed to get a dog (that I will have trained by the time I leave), our house right now has two dogs, but they belong to the family who lives next door. I am very excited for the move… and it means my walk to placement is only 20 min rather the 45.
That’s all that is new over here… Oh, Leah and I, along with 5 other volunteers, are heading to Zanzibar on Friday for 6 days and then 10 of us are heading out on safari when we get back!!! It should be an amazing week!!!
xoxo from Africa!
PS. I know you all probably want some photos, but the internet is very very slow here, so it might not happen, we might be able to put them up through the internet at one of the hotels, I will let you know if we manage to get it to work!
So three weeks have passed and I have settled into Tanzanian life. Work is going well, some days are very slow and there is nothing to do, but other days are very hectic. Monday, Wednesday and Friday the baby clinic is busy and Tuesday and Thursday the other volunteers and I float throughout the clinic between the nursing station where we take blood pressure and weight of the patients, reception, and the wards. This week we are going to try and get into the lab to test ourselves for malaria ect. I have seen three c-sections but no natural births yet (apparently most of the happen during the night, haha, I don’t know how they work that out). On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons I go to a school up the street to play games with the kids.
Weekends are peaceful, we tend to lounge around the house, do laundry and go out for food. Yesterday Leah and I went on a road trip to our friend Nelson’s village near Moshi. He is fixing up his old house there and turning into an orphanage with the help of one of the past volunteers. His village was amazing, absolutely beautiful, the orphanage is going to be awesome, he still has quite a bit of work to do but hopes to be able to move the kids in soon. We met a lot of the orphans that will be living there and gave them new clothes and toys that we brought over. Most of the kids are currently living with neighbors or relatives but are not being treated well so hopefully they will be able to move in soon. We also gave an HIV talk to the women and some of the men in his village, which went very well. They were very appreciative and hopefully will pass on the information to their families and friends. It was a long but wonderful day. The drive was stunning, it made me so happy to be here, Tanzania is one of the most beautiful places I have visited.
Today we all went for breakfast at one of the hotels up the road. It was so good to eat cheese and fruit and drink real coffee. The food at home is great, but there are a few things that we miss. Isaac (our cook) tends to only buy fruit once a week, and is eaten very quickly- luckily we pass orange carts all the way home from work so we can easily buy fruits ourselves, but it was a treat to have an endless supply at breakfast. The coffee was also amazing… at home we drink Africafe instant coffee (I drink a lot of tea instead), it sure makes real coffee taste amazing though! Haha. After breakfast a few of us went on a walk to the new Basecamp house, we are moving in September to a smaller house that is closer to most of the placements. Our house right now is too big for the low season because there are generally only 5 volunteers at a time, the new house is amazing though, it has a beautiful front yard and huge garden that the landlord is going to have maintained, it is all on one floor with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Moses (our country coordinator) has even agreed to get a dog (that I will have trained by the time I leave), our house right now has two dogs, but they belong to the family who lives next door. I am very excited for the move… and it means my walk to placement is only 20 min rather the 45.
That’s all that is new over here… Oh, Leah and I, along with 5 other volunteers, are heading to Zanzibar on Friday for 6 days and then 10 of us are heading out on safari when we get back!!! It should be an amazing week!!!
xoxo from Africa!
PS. I know you all probably want some photos, but the internet is very very slow here, so it might not happen, we might be able to put them up through the internet at one of the hotels, I will let you know if we manage to get it to work!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Exciting News
I am officially a nurse! My parents sent my results via e-mail. Now I can stop stressing. Thanks to everyone for their encouraging words.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Our Address
Oh I forgot.
Our address is:
P.O. Box 16963 Arusha Tanzania.
Just in case anyone wants to send anything. You can address it with our name also. Thanks!
Our address is:
P.O. Box 16963 Arusha Tanzania.
Just in case anyone wants to send anything. You can address it with our name also. Thanks!
Food Selection
Hi All,
I realized we have not yet discussed our food selection here in Tanzania. We have a cook that comes to the house Monday-Saturday. He cooks breakfast & dinner & packs us a lunch each day. There is the same schedule of food every week. So Tuesday's, tonight, is Makande, which is beans & ugali (maise) balls. It is quite delicious but I am sure I will get tired of it soon. Other items on the menu include: Ugali, some sort of chicken in "orange sauce", vegetables in "orange sauce", & sometimes he throws in some random items. It is all delicious though.
We have also gone out for food quite a few times. When you have traditional Tanzanian food everyday it is nice to go out for Indian or just Pizza. One of my favourite things I have come across is call Chips Mayai. It is the most delicious thing ever & the first time I tried it was after a night out. We literally just told our taxi driver to take us to chips mayai & he finds a random street vendor for us. It is Tanzania's version of street meat. Though they usually have delicious beef skewers also. So, you are probably wondering what this chips mayai entails so here goes: it is french fries which go in a frying pan and then they pour egg over top. And that is it. It is a french fry omelet. Don't hate it until you try it.
On the weekend I also had something called a hairy sausage...not really sure what makes it hairy so mixture of spices & being deep fried but again delicious. Nothing here is remotely good for you, except the corn that the women cook & sell on street corners. I have it about every other day! That is about it for food.
Fenz & I booked flights to Zanzibar today so we are very excited about that. There is a group of 6 of us going so it should be a lot of fun.
Surgery day was cool. I was glad to see it was pretty legit, unlike some of the other things that go on at the hospital. I saw a C-section, a hysterectomy with suprise appendectomy & a guy with a badly broken tibia & fibula that was reset & casted. So, it was pretty fun, there is another C-section scheduled for Thursday so hopefully it will be while I am at the hospital.
I think that is all for now. Hope it starts to warm up there & stops raining.
xo, Leah
I realized we have not yet discussed our food selection here in Tanzania. We have a cook that comes to the house Monday-Saturday. He cooks breakfast & dinner & packs us a lunch each day. There is the same schedule of food every week. So Tuesday's, tonight, is Makande, which is beans & ugali (maise) balls. It is quite delicious but I am sure I will get tired of it soon. Other items on the menu include: Ugali, some sort of chicken in "orange sauce", vegetables in "orange sauce", & sometimes he throws in some random items. It is all delicious though.
We have also gone out for food quite a few times. When you have traditional Tanzanian food everyday it is nice to go out for Indian or just Pizza. One of my favourite things I have come across is call Chips Mayai. It is the most delicious thing ever & the first time I tried it was after a night out. We literally just told our taxi driver to take us to chips mayai & he finds a random street vendor for us. It is Tanzania's version of street meat. Though they usually have delicious beef skewers also. So, you are probably wondering what this chips mayai entails so here goes: it is french fries which go in a frying pan and then they pour egg over top. And that is it. It is a french fry omelet. Don't hate it until you try it.
On the weekend I also had something called a hairy sausage...not really sure what makes it hairy so mixture of spices & being deep fried but again delicious. Nothing here is remotely good for you, except the corn that the women cook & sell on street corners. I have it about every other day! That is about it for food.
Fenz & I booked flights to Zanzibar today so we are very excited about that. There is a group of 6 of us going so it should be a lot of fun.
Surgery day was cool. I was glad to see it was pretty legit, unlike some of the other things that go on at the hospital. I saw a C-section, a hysterectomy with suprise appendectomy & a guy with a badly broken tibia & fibula that was reset & casted. So, it was pretty fun, there is another C-section scheduled for Thursday so hopefully it will be while I am at the hospital.
I think that is all for now. Hope it starts to warm up there & stops raining.
xo, Leah
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