For all of you who spent time in the Maquipaquna reserve in Ecuador...this is for you. This morning was eerily similar to my Spring Break last year. The overcast sky threatened rain, and it had also rained the nigh before, so our trails wer soppy. The coffee here is shaded by banana trees...shocker. And I think there still may be a grub waiting for Beau or Faust. But as we decided to go walking, I started to have the worst deja vu. The rians unleashed their fury as we trekked through the mud and investigated these "riveting" plants. Please note the warm fuzzys i get when talking about this...thanks Ecuador. I wanted to chunk a java plant (named Joe of course) in a hole from about 10 feet away and throw some dirt at it.
Sorry for thos of you that were not on that Fellows trip...the above paragraph is teeming with inside jokes. Today really wasn't that bad.
Next we went to the Tanzanian coffee board and taste tested some of their different varieties. It was interesting to see how rich and strong their blend its here. I guess it is because you can charge a better price for a better quality.
After lunch we got to go to my favorite stop so far...we spent the afternoon at the Kili Centre Orphanage.
I was surrounded by children, but one little girl, Zawadi, was instantly my best friend. 
We danced and drew pictures and I even tattooed her up with UGA G's on her cheeks. She looked ready for gameday.
The kids did some tribal dances for us,
and we called the Dawgs for them.
It was so amazing to see them get so happy about little things we gave them like pens and chocolate. They were adorable and pictures will be the only way to explain... 
I'll work on that in the next couple of days. It was really hard to leave. Their puppy was even cute.
We met with Mama Zara again to get the framework for our main project on this trip. It is developing a marketing plan for her business in the US. I am responsible for website upgrade and University oureach. It should be fun. - got lucky enough to score a pedicure and it was awesome! Never would have expected that in Africa.
Our last stop for the night was Club La Liga, our group of 17 really stuck out.
Myabe it was that we showed up at 9pm and were the only ones there until 1045. Ironically we left at 11 right as things were starting to get jumping. 
The blacklights, fog machine, and disco ball were a nice touch. For a club in rural Africa... Not too bad.
Just found out that the dawgs were rain delayed and ended up splitting the double header... Working on an sec record!
Tomorrow we leave for Dar es Salaam... Until then, and don't forget to check out the group blog. Se Lah from TZ... Britt
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