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Tours, Travels, and updates!Monday, November 27, 2006Sorry for the little contact over the last couple of weeks. Sam and I have been very busy with the project and almost everytime we come downtown the internet cafe has no power. That being said, we are usually running on about 4 hours of hydro a day. For some reason the power normally comes on at lunch for an hour or so, then at 5pm for an hour and a half, and then will flick on throughout the night...This always keeps life interesting as you cannot charge batteries, keep food in the fridge, or see anything without a candle to help you. Sam and I have been very busy with the Yogurt Mama's for the last two weeks as well. We head out to the kitchen about three times a week, and our conversations with them are great places to practise our Swahili! They are all making sure that we our practising what we are learning at our lessons and they love looking up English words in our dictionary as well! On Friday Sam and I both got tested for Malaria and it turns out Sam still has it (or got it again) so Friday night we went out for a comfort meal consisting of chicken soup and a pasta dinner. This weekend we had lunch at the Hotel Tilapia, followed by a boat ride out to Saa Nane Game Reserve (an island that is about 10 minutes off shore from the Hotel Tilapia). Sam, Sam (from the UK), Anna (another volunteer with Kivulini), and myself all climbed aboard a very large boat and headed out to hike around the island for the afternoon. Saa Nane was a great adventure, and turned out to be the perfect afternoon outing. We first read the rules of the park before stepping out onto the paths which was a paved pathway across the island. We immediately saw the wildebeast, a herd of impala's, and the many birds that soar overtop of the island. Our first stop was the hyena cage where we saw a lonesome hyena behind bars staring out at us (and to our surprise, they stand quite tall). We noticed the lack of solid fencing between us and the hyena and chose to carry on towards the lions cage. The lion stood alone ontop of a grassy hill in a caged enclosure roaring as we approached. There were no staff directly around the cage and the path went along the front of the cage so we could stand within inches of the lions mouth. The rest of the island was a beautiful adventure with Mwanza behind us and Lake Victoria (and many other islands) in front of us. This was our first 'toursit' trip in Mwanza and it was well worth the $10 for the four of us. Sam and I have been teaching English a couple of times a week in the late afternoons out at the orphanage which makes for a busy week, but also makes the week go by very quickly. We have gotten much more brave in trying out new restaurants and venturing out and around to areas of Mwanza that we have yet to explore. We will be downtown to post pictures about our last few weeks of adventures and will be trying to keep everyone posted as our last month and a half in Africa draws to a close! Kwa Heri ! |