Moshi, Etc.

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in dar, for the passed three days straight rain,
except for a bit yesterday morning. the rainy season
is still upon us. also a bit chilly compared to what
it has been.
2. most of the boys (although sadly not the girls)
are in school at least part of the day now. while
this is good for them, it makes the day slightly more
boring. more time to study swahili or surf the
internet.
3. i sent out a bunch of emails trying to set up
meetings with ngos to talk about their history.
hopefully i get some responses.
4. the hills outside of moshi (in the north maybe
250?? km from kenya). very chilly. needed to wear a
light jacket in the evening and morning. bananas
bananas bananas everywhere. cooking bananas mostly.
everywhere banana trees. the whole place was very
green. also lots of rain, esp. at night. the roads,
well i'm glad there wasnt more rain or less the roads
would have been impassable. in a four wheel drive
vechile going from one school to another, we got stuck
in the mud only once mostly because we had a good
driver. there are very very few cars up there and
people walk (carrying banana branches fulll of
bananas) around everywhere. very pretty region just
not that much in the way of exciting activities
(unless you like banana harvesting, carrying, cooking,
peeling, etc.)
5. the mission was to deliver checks to two of the
schools my center sends students to. the mail service
is so poor here it would have taken a very long time
to mail them. also, it was good to visit the students
at the school and see how they are doing. they knew
henning (the german volunteer) and were happy to see
him. not many of the students knew much english.
6. its a good thing that pernile (danish volunteer)
moved in because annette is rarely there (often with
her boyfriend. i see her 2 times a week maybe)

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