Karibu!
Swahili
for “Welcome”
Happy New Year! I am in Tanzania. It was a longer
than normal journey (about 24 hours) but I arrived shortly before the clock
struck midnight and we entered 2020.
There was a delay leaving Boston because of the ice
storm, and fortunately my flight from Amsterdam was also delayed because of an
equipment change or I would have missed it.
There were some issues getting our visas once we
landed at Kilimanjaro Airport. As we like to say, “TIA, This
Is Africa!” Things don’t always go smoothly but it is best to just go with the
flow.
Our plans to celebrate the New Year with champagne
and Belgian chocolate were outweighed by our travel exhaustion. We all decided we would delay the
celebration. We settled in and went to bed.
Lala Salama! (Swahili
for Good sleep/sweet dreams)
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| Having a New Year's Day Toast - Linda, Monika, John, Jenny, and me |
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| Our view of Mount Kilimanjaro as we walk to dinner |
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| Photo from the porch of the volunteer house.If you look to the right of the post and above the orange wall you will see Mt Kilimanjaro in the distance. |
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