Last week of teaching

Hi all,

I’m coming to the end of my volunteering now. I finish teaching on Thursday and then travel to Zanzibar on Friday. I’m planning to meet up with Brendon (another volunteer from the house) in Kendwa rocks, a beach resort in the north of the island on Sunday.
I should be back in Moshi by Wednesday evening and then do some souvenir shopping and project visiting on Thursday and Friday, before flying home on Saturday. I’ve just been handing out sweets to 1B as it’s my last lesson with them. Although it can be frustrating at times, I have enjoyed teaching at Anna Mkapa and will be sad to leave. Last week the advanced group of the adult English class set up a debate entitled “Did whites bring development to Africa”. Most of the volunteers and the intermediate and beginner classes sat in on the debate to practice listening skills. It was interesting and very passionately argued by both sides, it got a bit overheated at times. Afterwards we all played a big football game on the field in front of our house, good fun.

On the weekend a few of us went to Marangu at the base of Kilimanjaro for a short trek and waterfall spotting. We hiked through the village, up to this one waterfall, came back and had some lunch before setting off again. We had a guide show us around the bigger waterfalls at the other end of town and there was even a plunge pool which we got to swim in.

Hope all is well at home, cya in a couple of weeks.

Ben.

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Part of trip: Tanzania: English teaching and traveling

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