Sokoni

Aaya! Sokoni - in the market. On wednesday some of the students and I went into Arusha town and checked out the market. We had to take a bus there which took about 15 or 20 minutes and then from there we split up. Mzungu means white person, and we stick out like a sore thumb in the market place so we spilt our group up into smaller groups in order to explore the market better. I did not bring my camera on this trip because Arusha's market is pretty big and kinda crazy. As soon as we arrived where the women were selling food some boys came up to us and started giving us tours. They spoke English well, but we all tried to use our swhahili. The whole time Simba, one of the boys, said "polepole, hakuna shida, hakuna matata." I am sure this sounds familiar to anyone who has seen The Lion King...anyway i got a bracelet resembling the Tanzanian flag and tipped the boys for there help. Unfortunatly I was unable to find a bike. On the way home we got a daladala, which is similar to a small bus are van. We crammed inside and made it back to TCDC (the compund) for dinner.

Today, we walked to Usa Market which took about 20 minutes. I took my camera this time and took some pics which i loaded on facebook, unfortunatly i was not able to figure out how to get them on my web gallery efficiently, facebook is quicker. Everyday we are given an assignemnt to go up and start a conversation with a Tanzanian about various topics, today we had to ask about there daily routines. I met a guy named Sudi, thought of my friend from Swahili class in Ohio becuase his name is Sudi too! Then, the cutest baby ran up to us so we took pictures of him. He immediatly wanted to play with our cameras, so we let him snap pictures of us. I bought some kangaas today for cheap at the market, one of them reads "Leo ni siju ya furaha"- Today is a happy day!

Must go, it is time for dinner and i am starving
Usiku Njema