Hamjambo! Pole, i have been busy and unable to write. This past weekend we went to Ngorongoro Crater and Oldupai Gorge. It was kinda touristy but it was a great experience. We left on Saturday morning and our first stop was at a snake farm. Kinda creepy, then across from the snake farm was a museum about the Maasai culture. We ate ate lunch and then got back on the rode until we arrived in Karata (close to ngorongoro) to stay for the night. We woke up real early on Sunday in order to start our trip (safari). We arrived at the crater, and our first glimpse of it was from very high up. We then went to Oldupai, which is a fascinating archaeological site and home to many fossils as well as my favorite, the Laetoli Footprints. After the that we checked out the shifting sands which was really cool. Here, i felt really small compared to the landscape around me. We were in the middle of absolutely nowhere, it was great.
I have pictures of all these places, but the computer connection is slow and weak here so the pictures take forever to download. I tried last night, but a quarter of the way through the process was interrupted and stopped. I will figure something out soon. However, we went into the crater and drove around it for a couple hours. This is where we were able to see zebra, wildebeests, hippos, and elephants! The elephants at the end of the safari were the best. They were right in front of us. I tried to get a closeup of one of the elephants faces; they are beautiful creatures with very humble faces. Needless to say after the trip we were all wrecked and dusty. The only downer about the weekend is that i dropped one of my camera lenses while getting in and out of the car. No biggy, i have other lenses and another guy her has a nice lens, so all is good.
Well off to study some Kiswahili, because it turns out that i no less than i thought i did, ahh! I will write again soon, this weekend i meet my host family and stay with them for the first time in Usa River which is around 10 min. from the compound. Kwaherini!
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hey girlfriend whatup? How's Tanganyka, isn't that what it used to be called treatin' you? What's all this becoming jamila, why not jemima then you could be the pancake queen. No, but for real though, you must be having the time of your life. Hope to see some pics of your safari. There was a Masai warrior here in my little town a few weeks ago. He gave a talk, which I was unable to attend, about indigenous cultures and the need to preserve their identity. It was cool to see him walking around town in his traditional outfit. I guess he killed a lion at the age of 14 which is some initiation, maybe like a bar mitzvah or something. Anyway, hope your doing well-talk to you soon, yer favorite uncle, okay maybe greg is, mike. love you
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