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Better late than never
... OK to me. But then she said I must give her something to remember her by and I replied that she must also give me something too. An hour later she brought me a lovely homemade bracelet! Now I’m worrying about what to give her! (it was a toss-up between my favourite bright red Zimabalubi Tee shirt, a wee Scottie dog with Tartan collar and my Savannah wine glass: the Tee shirt won.)
This morning to our surprise, it poured with rain! So the view ...
Resting at Dadoma.
... every meal?... we got it anyway.
Met a nice German couple Martin and Julia, like us on an African wander, and we headed off together. Our next destination, not a long haul, to Tukuyu, and Camp Bongo (I jest not). Camp Bongo in Bongo-Bongo land. And it was pretty much as expected. A community project, they’d done their best, but a shower in the morning was a bucket of warm water. I think we’ve left "the hand of the white man" far behind. Tanzania never was big ...
Vivre comme des Tanzaniens
... elle boire un verre, puis qu'elle envoie un gamin nous acheter des vieilles bouteilles de fanta ou pepsi, l'équivalent du champagne premier cru pour ici. Nous refusons poliment de boire dans les verres, à la propreté douteuse, qui n'ont probablement plus été utilisé depuis la derniere guerre. Sous prétexte de ne pas lui "faire de vaisselle", nous boirons au goulot de la bouteille.
Et ce sourire, partout, tout le temps ... quel bonheur! Avec les filles de l'orphelinat ...
Ilula Orphanage Program, ilulaorphanprogram.org
... mais c'est plus rare, et récolter un peu d'argent. La belle Afrique des touristes est bien derrière nous. Le taximen attitré de IOP étant indisponible, nous dépendons uniquement d'Eddy, son copain, qui ne parle que Swahili, pour acheter les billets de bus pour Ilula du lendemain, dans une petite ruelle très "typique" où il vaut mieux ne pas s'attarder, et nous trouver un hôtel. Hakuna Matata, pas de problème, un peu stressant mais tout s'est bien passé. ...
Lions and Lions and LIONS OH MY!
... holes but the closest we ever got to a pride of lions was over several hundred feet. My photos look like small yellow dots in the grass. This lioness is about 15’ from us. I am so excited. Rama is not done exciting me though. He pulls the truck off the road and drives towards the lioness and parks about ...
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