The calm after the papers

Well today is the first time we have had internet since Thursday, which would normally be fine except for the fact that we had our paper due today. So we were not able to look articles up online and we had to refer to the books in our very tiny library here on camp, everyone survived though and we are all very happy to be done. The next three days we don’t have actual class we are traveling and going on another safari so its something to look forward to.

Today we had a goat roast. They brought in a goat and slaughtered it here at camp. I left camp to go hiking with a couple of the other girls. I wanted to leave so I didn’t have to hear the goat suffer. I did make it back to try the meat though. The ribs were a little fatty for my liking but the leg was pretty good, defiantly a different flavor. The meals we have here are always so interesting. We think the cooks try really hard to make food like at home, for instance we had corn on the cob, but it tasted more like wax then corn. Today they made sandwiches and everyone was pretty pumped, but they consisted of cucumbers, carrots, eggs, and jelly, not the greatest combination I would ever come up with. But hey at least they are trying.

We have been learning songs in our swahili class to help us remember words and numbers. So today we met some kids on our hike and asked if they knew the songs, they did. So we are pretty sure the songs we learn are from kindergarden class, but its really ok with us. 

We had our first thunderstorm today and the first rain that we have seen while being here. Ive decided Africa is a lot like Dale. Its 90 degrees everyday. When it rains everyone runs outside to play in it. At night the stars are beautiful. Get me a drink and a raft and I’ll be one happy camper. But I’m sitting outside writing this on the porch and a huge spider is sitting next to me, its time to go inside.