Hi all,

I made it to Tanzania. I was a bit dubious that me and my luggage would get to Kilimanjaro International Airpot in one piece with Air Tanzania, but we did. It was sad saying good bye to all the people from the first overland trip, but I've made some good friends that I'll hopefully keep in touch with.

The volunteer house we're staying at is great. I was expecting a shack somewhere in the middle of nowhere, but it's 2 nice big houses in a big secure plot, guarded by Zak the Masai security man. It's basic but clean and everyone's lovely. I was so happy to sleep in a bed again (even if it was a bunk) after 2 weeks of camping. It's based in the Soweto area of Moshi and if I walk to the main road there is the best view of Mount Kili. It's so beautiful!

Because of the last minute change of plan I missed the orientation day so didn't know exactly what my project was until this morning. I thought/hoped that I'd be playing with little kids, but I'm actually going to be teaching teenage secondary school kids. I've got to plan a lesson on the past perfect tense for tomorrow morning. b*****, b*****, b*****! Even the Kisumu project wouldn't have meant teaching such advanced kids. Ah well, can't complain. It'll be a challenge, but it's a great opportunity. The kids weren't in today so I just hung out with the teachers and they seem pretty cool, although their english isn't great so I need to learn me some swahili pretty quickly. The school is pretty basic and has about 6 outdoor classrooms, about 2 blackboards and one computer which bizarrely contains lots of westlife and backstreet boys videos that they played to me this morning.

At the moment I'm only down to do a project in the mornings, so I need to find something for the afternoons too. Or I could just go and support the local football team (who are amusingly called the reggae boys), as apparently they like to play with their shirts off ;-)

Take care,

Sandra xx