We are no longer on Unguja (the main island of Zanzibar. Zanzibar is really the islands of Pemba and Unguja together), but are on the mainland for 10 days. We are spending the first week here in the capitol city of Dar es Salaam, and are attending lectures at the University of Dar. It is the largest university in Tanzania, and has 17,000 undergrads, and 2,000 graduate students. We have two two-hour lectures a day, lunch, and on campus free time to do research in the library, use the pool and use the internet. Speaking of which, I will probably be in less frequent contact from here on out during the program, as we are moving around a lot. The evenings are back at our hotel, or we are going into Dar to go dancing at
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