It seems like weeks ago that I left home! My plane left at 2:30 on Wednesday, and I had a 3 hour flight to Dallas, and a 9 hour flight to London. In London I had 7 hours in the airport, and no wifi. So that was a long 7 hours! There were tons of shops and things, but they were all designer brands. And a venti Starbucks drink was 8 dollars. It was insane. But anyway I had another 9 hour flight to Dar Es Salaam, and then a 2 hour flight up to Mwanza.
It was really, really cool because on the flight to Dar I looked out the window and saw Mt Kilimanjaro above the clouds. It was beautiful.
The Dar airport was pretty weird, especially coming from London. It was confusing and I couldn't understand anyone! And the airplane from there to Mwanza was tiny and it bounced a lot. But I made it safely, and Calvin met me at the airport. I got to eat lunch with the work crew from the Groen's homechurch in Tennessee before they left, too.
Tanzania is...a whole different world. I don't even know how to explain it. It's amazing and frightening and weird. But I'm going to get used to it, I'm sure.
Some different things I've noticed:
Little kids run around completely unwatched.
Guys hold hands as a sign of friendship.
There are a ton of Coke advertisements everywhere.
It's very rare to see a woman in pants.
The dirt doesn't really come off.
So anyway, that's all I have for now. I'm still pretty exhausted. I'll update again as soon as I can.
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