Well, it's been almost a week since my last update and I've made some progress on the transportation issue. I've decided that to get out to the orphanage 5 days a week is a bit too much (for me at least), so I've coordinated, with the help of a hostel local named Gasper, to have a "private" dalla dalla pick us up at the hostel Mon,Wed and Fri and then bring us back at 5:30. If you ask them to pick you up at 8:30, that means they'll be there somewhere after 9:00 am. Same for the return. It costs TSH 25,000 (just over $20) for the round trip. To compare vs. public transport, for a seat on the dalla dalla to the orphanage using public transportation you would pay about TSH 500-700. I'm subsidizing the
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