Still Rockin' and Rollin'

Hello! It's been a while, so I thought I'd add a little update. I can't believe it, but I've already been here for 9 weeks--the semester is almost halfway over! I've got midterms this week and Easter break this weekend, so I think a group of us will be heading to Zanzibar for some R & R.

A few weeks ago, our group went to Mikumi National Park to frolic with the wild animals. No lions, but we did see wildebeest, buffalo, elephants, giraffe, impala, and lots of baboons. We also went to a snake park and got to play with some slithering serpents.

I've been exploring Dar on the weekends. Last weekend, I went to a beautiful beach, and to make it even better, there were water slides. This is Africa, so lifeguards aren't really there to save your life, so they don't mind if you pile 6 people on two rafts to see just how fast you can possibly go. Sweet.

It is still incredibly hot here. Sometimes it is too hot to lay in your bed doing nothing; you have to move in order to think about something other than the heat. March is supposed to bring rains and slightly cooler temperatures, but I have seen no such precipitation. I finally decided I couldn't handle long hair anymore, so I cut it off. I've never had hair this short in my life, but it is so nice to get it off my neck!

Hope everyone back home is doing well!