Arrival

I made it!! I'm staying just outside of the beautiful town of Arusha at the MS-Traning Center for Development Cooperation. We took two 8 hour flights on KML (Royal Dutch Airlines). Sounds long (and it was), but they fed us non stop and we had dozens of movie choices on an individual screen at our seats to pass the time. The most amazing part was flying over the mediterranean sea where it meets Libya. It was truly breathtaking to see the deep blue green of the sea bordering the endless expanse of the Sahara (Libyian)desert. My studious ambition of learning more Swahili, remained unrealized however. That did start by necessity today.
There are 8 teachers from various places travelling together with the program and we each have our own small apartment amidst beautiful foliage and rolling hills. I fell asleep to the sounds of the bush babies and woke up to monkeys on my window. We went to town today to exchange money and do some light shopping at a bead and carvers market. Not being much of a barterer, I just left with some anxiety and two pairs of earrings. On our way back from town we passed several military installations arresting agitators upset at outside development of their land. now that's my kind of action!
I miss my sweet girls, but otherwise I am very happy to be here. We have 24 hour access to the computer lab while we are here, so i will upload pictures soon.
Kwaheri,
Sasha