Hi Everyone!
My last few days have been spent trying to get acclimated. Kathleen arrived yesterday, so we went exploring a little--I feel so much more comfortable having a buddy to go out with, so I now feel safe walking around. Yesterday we went to the bank and just hung out with Zakiyah talking late into the night. Today we went to visit FAWE, our partner NGO in Zanzibar. We met with a woman named Bibi Asma, who is a great friend to S4Si. She helped us set up logistics at the schools we work with. Once Katie gets here tonight, we will get down to work. We have appointents with the schools the rest of the week and Monday.
Kathleen and I also walked around today, trying to get our bearings. We wandered the winding streets and ended up next to Mercury's (my dad's been fixated on this place since he read about it in the Lonely Planet guide) the restaurant with Freddi Mercury memorabilia. We then went to Foragani Gardens, which overlook the port and the water. Holy Indian Ocean! It was gorgeous. We went to the market and bought oranges, which we peeled at home as per the health suggestions we received. We went to the photocopy place and made copies of all our documents: for about 275 pages, it was 13,500 tsh (that's about $6?!?!). Everything is cheaper here. Lunch at Lukmaan's was curried vegetables and rice, all for 3000 tsh, about $2.
We're back at an internet cafe now just trying to check in with the world. It's an internet cafe called Azzurri's on Mkunazini street: is it on google maps? Let me know!
You are (kind of) on Google Maps. It recognizes the street, but not the name of the internet cafe.
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