Day 5 – Monday 1st February 2010

We must admit that last night, after our bus journey, unpacking in a small room, and realising we had left some things on the bus, we were not in the best place, and wondered what we were doing. We had prayed for peace and for smiles.

We woke to a beautiful sunny day and smiles all round. This place is beautiful!

Kiswahili classes started at 8:30am, and we were in a class with just us and one other, Marcus. It was soon apparent that learning a new language was going to be tough, but also great fun. Today was just about greetings. There are about 101 to learn.

Habari Asubuhi? (Good morning) Nzuri (the reply meaning good)

Oh...and we get homework.

So after classes and lunch we did our home work and had a small sleep and then it was dinner, which is great as it is communal. There is a real mixture of people here from around the world, Irish,  Norwegian, Canadian and American, doing work all over Tanzania and in all different settings from mission to wildlife conservation.

Then it was 7:15 and, we have nothing to do. It’s pitch black. So we read and listened to the radio and headed to bed.

Its 9:30pm. Are we going to get cabin fever?