Since we are all starting to get a little tired of each other three weeks into the four week school holiday, we are trying to get out of the house a little bit. One night we took Mimi and Poppi out for sundowners. Although I think they doubted our ability to find a suitable spot (after a few attempts of driving down footpaths instead of real roads…well, I guess ‘real’ in Tanzania is very subjective anyway), we finally got to a nice overlook with a nice view of Mt. Meru. We packed a light dinner and drinks and were kept entertained by the kids playing with the village kids and cattle. I still think we are all excited for school to start on Monday.
Matt and I also were able to sneak out for a date night and went out for drinks and the new fancy hotel in town (Mt. Meru Hotel) and then out for a nice dinner at The Bay Leaf. Is it a sad state that one of the highlights of the evening was watching a termite hatch or just an indication that we’re both geeks? Watch closely at the ground and you can see their wings appear from nowhere and then they fly away. We’ve seen newly hatched termites swarm right after a rain, but we’d never seen them coming directly from the ground. It really was cool.
We’ve heard that there is going to be another rally in town tomorrow (yet another national holiday…Zanzibar Revolution Day), so we’re hoping for a peaceful protest and not a repeat of last week’s incident. I’m avoiding town tomorrow just in case.
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