Today is the first day we have had class in the classroom in about a week, and since we had six hours of class it’s been a long day. Sunday we had a traveling lecture to a Wildlife management area and people talked to us about what they were doing to conserve land and the animals. They are doing a lot more for the environment than some other people we have talked to. The drive was about two and a half hours so we spent a long time in the car, and since time management isn’t a thing in Tanzania we were late getting to lunch because we were going to a “picnic area”. When they say picnic area in Tanzania I’m thinking a great view with some rocks to sit on. So we turn on a dirt road, see some giraffes and zebras along the way. And long behold we enter into another lodge. We aren’t sure how they talk these lodges into allowing 28 dirty kids come in, sit on their couches, and eat food from our packed lunches. Not to mention we were there for about 2 hours. Once again no time management, but it’s always nice to be out of our box.
Yesterday we had another traveling lecture we went to a secondary school and looked at their garden. As we were walking around the secondary school I also fell in a hole because I can’t walk properly. If only I wasn’t such a klutz all the time my life would be a lot easier. Then we saw where they make bricks for their houses which was kind of cool. They showed us new stoves that have been invented and we ended the day going to a primary school where we planted trees that they kids have been growing. So I have officially left my mark on Africa with a tree!
Today we had 4 hours of swahili which is forever and then a guy came into class to talk to us about lion trophy hunting. It was an awesome presentation that told us the negatives and positive of trophy hunting and also just about how lions live. I have officially been gone for a month today! And I honestly can’t believe how fast it’s going. We leave for Kenya in three weeks and I will be in the serengeti in two and I have finals next week. Time is flying and I know I’m not going to be ready to leave, besides the fact that I will get to eat good food.
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