Hi everyone! This is the first time I've managed to get time on a computer to update the blog since I've arrived in Tanzania, I'm sorry it's taken so long. Everyone has arrived safe and sound, and the first seven have spent a week on the Kipepeo beach, having a well-earned week's break after the hectic third term at uni. We had a great time and made lots of new friends. We got more accustomed to the way that Tanzanians socialise and so we feel more comfortable now.
The other three arrived on the 1st July and were taken by taxi to Kipepeo to meet us. We spent a day catching up and chilling out before heading back to Dar Es Salaam that evening. We are staying in the reasonably priced Econolodge that we all really like. After a meal at the Chef's Pride, we headed back to Econolodge to sleep. Yesterday we explored Dar some more, splitting up in to three less conspicuous groups and going our separate ways. Later today we catch the train to Tabora for the cathedral dedication and then the journey to the project sites.
There have been many laughs along the way, and we all get on really well! Mishearings abound and so we have new names for stuff – valuables are now vol-au-vents somehow! We are having many laughs and are keeping a daily diary that we all try and contribute every day to.
Tanzanian culture is amazing- the people here are so friendly and welcoming, it's a world (or at least a continent) apart from London. We're really getting in to the swing of things and can't wait to start the projects.
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