Sunday May 18th, 2008...FOOD!! Finally Calories!!

This little guy was at one of our stops...how adorable.

Dar es Salaam, a port town meaning Port of Peace, it was the place where ships could get away from monsoon rains on the Indian Ocean. I love seeing all of the ships in the harbor, but their beach was kinda nasty...city beach I guess.

This morning we woke up from our new hotel in Dar es Salaam very excited...we had gotten to sleep on real mattresses and get some rest. We headed to a small textile business run by about 10 people. It was fascinating to see them spin the thread and then weave the loom. Then the loom runs and weaves sheets, dresses, table cloths and all that sort of stuff. How cool. Tedious but cool. The children in the area were beautiful and so interested in checking all of us out.
Funny, the drivers were not able to see it coming, but putting the buses and Land Rovers in sand was kind of soft and the weight got the bus stuck. Actually it took about 25 people to solve the problem. You would think that all of these kids from rural towns would have had some experience with getting vehicles stuck...but we eventually got it out and running again.

After the textiles we went to a carver's market and checked out some of their awesome handicraft. These vendors were alot better than the ones on the street...not as aggressive.

Our final stop for the day was a fabulous lunch at a restaurant in the middle of a courtyard. We were able to order burgers and pizza and our entire group filled up on everything. It was amazing...sometimes I feel like I have been in a constant state of hunger here, but after that meal, I was really wasn't honestly hungry at dinner. Wow!! So good to finally get some substantial calories!!

We were able to just go back to the hotel and chill for the rest of the afternoon and it was amazing. We all just sat around and chatted and got to know each other further by asking random deep and really funny questions. They were prompted by random email questions that we have been getting and then we expanded on them.

Anyways....I am off to bed now, and I miss you all. Hope everything is well. It should be a fun couple of days here in Dar.

Til Next Time... Britt