Mambo rafiki! how's life on the other side of the world going?? Life here is nzuri sana! (very good). I'm trying to take my kiswahili lessons more seriously this day, as I have been enjoying the ufukwe and the bia too much. but the mahji is so nice and after the joto weather, and it's always good times enjoying bia baridi.
This past weekendi my group went to bagamoyo, which was very cool. We stayed in a sweet resort with lots of palm trees that was right on the ocean. The water wasn't great for swimming, too shallow, but when the tide was out, you could walk all the way out to this reef and explore, there was some coral and a bunch of little fishes and other cool stuff. Our little area of water was sectioned off by two mangrove forests. For swimming there was a pool right in the hotel which was pretty sweet. Jasmine (my roommate/"dada"(sister)) and i were going to get up to watch the sunrise sunday but we somehow got locked in our room and had to pound on the door until someone came and opened it! All in all it was a pretty great weekend.
Besides that i haven't done too much, except sleep and eat a lot of delicious food. I haven't played soccer in ages, but i think i'm going to start up again soon. Another girl on the program, liz, plays soccer at St. Olaf, so maybe i'll kick around with her soon.