Which roughly translates to what’s up whitey.

Well, white foreigner.  I’m in Tanzania, a little village called Tengeru which is just south of Arusha.  Arusha is in the north of the country, about an hour south of Kenya.  It’s quite nice, winter here but that means 70 degree weather and sun.  I can see Mt. Meru everyday but have yet to see the mammoth called Kili due to clouds.  Perhaps it’s hiding cause it’s afraid of how I’m gonna conquer it.  Or gasp up to the top in 6 weeks. 

I started my volunteering today, officially.  I hang out with 30 orphans aged 2-6 and try to teach them a thing or two.  Basically, I stand, occassionally say some things in english which they repeat but do not learn and then they run around, touch my hair and call me mzungu.  I mostly love it.  Mostly because I just started and haven’t gotten into a groove where I can really help them.  We’ll see, we’ll see.

Differences from the US:  I say hi to about 30 people I’ve never met on a daily basis, I walk atleast a mile a day and pay 15 cents for a bus ride. The electricity in our house frequently goes out and I try to relish every minute of sunshine before darkness covers us for the night.  All in all, pretty good.  

Except for the internet.  While available, terribly slow.  Terribly terribly slow.  There will be no posting pictures until October in South Africa.  And then watch out!