Hi everyone, quite an uneventful type of week this week, but highly pleasant. An amazing art club session on monday, we introduced the idea of wax crayons and ink, which the class abosolutely loved. Rach has been sent a pack of 280 colour pencils so we often introduce them into lessons and get them to draw and stuff, they love it so much, and its so nice to see theyre books becomming colourful! Caroline did a really nice picture of me and rachel as well (im not going to lie, she is one of my favourites!) Tuesday we started painting a wall for a mural, which is easier said than done becuase of the immense roughness of the surface, after that we popped up to the orphange as we do on tuesday afternoons. Wednesday saw the start of kili trainging in the local pool, everyone who will attempt the summit had to do at least 40 lengths, whilst those heading to zanzibar lounged around laughing! All in all a very pleasnt week, so as not much of note happend i shall write about something very differnt, African Transport.
Public transport is very good here, and also very cheap. This is mainly becuase of the small amount of cars and poor qualitly of the roads (though the tarmacd ones arnt toooo bad). To get to Moshi costs 700 tsh (35p) which is a 30-40 minite journey and a bus to Arusha will put you back 2000tsh (1 pound) which is a 2-3 hour journey. Of course, this does come at a cost and with any budget travel (as all those will know who have traveled with easyjet, ryan air will know) that cost is comfort. A small bus, or 'dalladalla' as they are called is smaller than an adverade people carrier, but higher. It will very often not move away untill it is completely full so you have know choice but to get on, wiating for the next not-o-full one is not an option! I would say the adverade dalladalla can fit 3 people in the front seat then a further 24 seated at the back, 7 people standing and a further 3 hanging out the side. If your really keen maybe 2-3 haning off the back as well. With this mammouth load its not surprising that the tyres are as bold as brass, stalling and breaking down is very common and woe betide you should you put your feet on the floor behind the driver. Underneath that floor is the engine, and it boils. fruit has been cooked on that surface before! thank God for sturdy reefs. Of course - as with all vehicles they speed down the road at a rate of fuck knows, most of their speedos are either broken, or just not their. The Country is apparently left hand driving, however about 30 pof the time they will drive on the other side, often with oncomming trafic, whilst overtaking other vehicles, or sometimes just for the hell of it!
limited time now so ill have to finish this desciption another time, in the meantime i hope england is fairing well, and ess freezing than it was whewn i last heard!
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