It's official- 3:00pm, February 9th, 2011. It's kindof unbelievable, but we're 3 days away from our departure date from Kowak! 4 months have absolutely flown by, and it's almost time to end one adventure and start another (1 month of backpacking round Africa)! From start to finish, it's been great, we've learned a lot and have had a blast.
The last 2 weeks have been a whirlwind. We had a great visit in Nairobi, enjoyed the hot water, internet and good food (maybe the 3 things we are missing most!). Back in Kowak, it has mostly been business as usual while trying to fit in a few last-minute African adventures, we thought we'd share some of the highlights. Friday night we had 6 kids sleep over at our house. It was a blast- movie, popcorn (thanks Charlie!), pillow fight- the works! I guess you could say the only downside was that one kid wet the bed, and there was quite a bit of pee on our bathroom floor the next morning (I guess these kids aren't to using a sit down toilet!). Today, we went to church at the neighboring village, then went back to one of the hospital guard's house to eat lunch with his family. It was great to see a home outside of the hospital, the food was delicious, and we were even able to have a decent conversation in Swahili! What else, there was a ride in the back of a cement truck to check the PO Box (still getting packages, Thank you!), discovered a "movie theater" in Kowak, attempted to wash and style black people hair (Fran- you'd have been proud!) and just generally hung out and worked!
As we said, we have 3 more days left, and I know they're gonna go quickly! Tomorrow we are going to make our last trip to Musoma to meet some of the other Indian sisters working in Tanzania, and hopefully download the Superbowl so we can watch it on our computer Monday night (father is a HUGE Packers fan, so we're pretty excited!). We're also trying to fit in last minute laundry, which isn't so last minute because you have to leave enough time for it to air dry and who knows when it's gonna rain! We've started packing and compiling our "leave in Africa" pile. We're looking forward to giving away all the things we can't take with us!
Though we'll be sad to leave Kowak, we're all really excited about our trip to come. We start with another safari through the Serengeti on our way to Arusha, the city from which we'll start our week-long climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro. Other highlights include Zanzibar (we'll be ready to relax on a beach after all the walking!), Capetown, Lesotho, Victoria Falls and a mystery destination. We were originally going to go to Cairo but have decided not to go because they are trying to have a revolution or something- so rude! We'll try to keep you updated along the way with pictures and funny stories!
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