Sunday the 15th we left the Impala hotel in Arusha and drove to Moshi. When we arrived, we went to the Honey Badger Cultural Center. There, we took a guided walk around the village, and sampled some banana drank. Afterwards, the entire group participated in cooking a traditional Tanzanian lunch. This consisted of rice, ugahli, chipate, cooked bananas, wild spinach, okra, and sweet potato leaves (which were quite painful to peel). We ate an 'Africa Time' lunch, (~3 hours) and then watched and eventually participated in a traditional Tanzanian dance. The song was accompanied by drums, and the women sang lyrics, which, translated into English, mean "If you don't want AIDS, don't use prostitutes". It was a very valuable lesson. Most entertaining of the day, however, was Mr. Bruemmer's dance solo, which he announced by proclaiming
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