So much has happened in the last few days on the world news... we've been watching closely to be sure travel to Africa has not been affected or advised against and so far it looks like the coast is clear. Africa is one of the only remaining continents without reported cases of a virus resembling the new swine flu, a seeming combination of the avian flu, the swine flu, and the human flu.
We are bringing masks along for the airplane/airport for those who want to wear them, and especially for the way home depending on how the virus spreads throughout the next few weeks while we're abroad.
Be sure to keep the other May Term trips in your thoughts who are travelling to areas where the virus has been reported!
Less than 24 hours until we leave!
Until later,
Anna
Wartburg's 2009 May Term travels to Tanzania - a documentation of our experiences with the Maasai tribe for three weeks, learning more about their culture as well as the global AIDS crisis
Karibu!
Tanzania
We'll be flying into Dar es Salaam and spending most of our time in Morogoro, but you can also see both the Mikumi National Park and Zanzibar that we will be visiting.
Sites of Interest
Mzungu Award
- 4/29 - Shannon falling in shower at Catholic Guest House
- 4/30 - Me getting locked in the bathroom our first day at the Seminary
- 5/1 - Christina saying "kachula" (little green frog) instead of "chakula" (food) when referring to eating lunch
- 5/2 - Laura saying "kusa" (to give birth), instead of "kukaa" (to sit) during our discussion of verbs during school
- 5/3 - Pastor Hafermann discussing the open breastfeeding in the villages, regardless of age.. "It's funny to watch Grandma whip it out"
- 5/5 - Chuma ridiculing us for smiling and saying "cheese" for pictures... "Why does cheese make you smile? Tanzanian food is nothing to smile about."
- 5/6 - Shannon asking Chuma about a word for "space aliens" in Swahili
- 5/7 - Laura forgetting her camera at the resort (recovered!)
- 5/8 - Mara losing her tenge as she ran ahead of the vehicle to take a picture of us bottoming out
- 5/9 - Me thanking Luka for Mara whacking me with a cattle club... also, our entire group realized we are completely surrounded by Maasai men
- 5/10 - the bathroom escapades, specifically the donkey keeping Chelsea company in the process
- 5/11 - Christina sleeping through Youth Center talk and then waking up to ask a question
- 5/12 - Robert hugging female basketball player
- 5/13 - My potential engagement to a Maasai man
- 5/14 - Throwing frogs out of the pit we were going to pour concrete into in order to save them ONLY to then accidentally bake them in the sun
- 5/15 - Luka: "They're all mine!" with our watermelon babies
- 5/16 - Katie and Laura's toilet spontaneously falling apart
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