Its crazy to think that i had not changed my plans id of been in south africa now! This weekend was spent relaxing at Upendo resort and Coral rock resort both amazing! There is a restaurant at upendo called the rock, when the tide is in it is completly shut off so we had to get the boat back fun times! Not a lot to report for the weekend really very relaxed and chilled looking forward to exam week next week!

So today is the day i decided to extend my stay from a week to 3, i have cancelled the shamwari project in south africa and once again Jenny at STA has saved me life on this one! This week so far has definatly exceeded my expectations and so i am really excited to see what the next 2 weeks has to offer plus the project staff have asked me if i would like to stay longer and apparently they dont do that very often! So today started much the same as the previous d...

So today the rain came and boy did it makes its impression! Although this may seem a good thing it really isnt, the rain makes it so much warmer especially riding to the school in it. The main problem is that even when it stops because it is so humid then that you never dry! Classes went normally today, more english revision in preparation for their tests next week, our afternoon class was s topic chosen by the students, they had to choose a topic they wanted to...

Today started well although was gutted i missed the sun rise! we eat well with eggs on toast for breakfast however i feel that was to lull the newbys into a false sense of security! After an introduction to the teaching side of the project we take a 20 min bike ride to the school, its 20 mins of pure unadulterated hell! Pain is not the word, very hard bike seats and very rocky roads not a good combination! Also combined with the heat was not an enjoyable experien...

Today i arrived at jambiani the coastal village in southern Tanzania. it is very nice my room is literally on the beach. Anyway to start the day i await in my hotel reception for my transfer to jambiani, i was instructed to be there at 7:00am sharp otherwise it will leave with out me. 2 hours later the transfer arrived! Was very hard to explain to the receptionist who was fluent in nothing by swahili, that my transfer hadnt arrived, luckily it eventually did! To...