It's already been a month!

To the right: Our group squeezing into a Dala Dala (the main mode of transport here in Dar). Comparatively this is a lightly packed one. So you can imagine how crazy the fully packed rides can be!

There is so much traffic here, no matter the time of day! At some point in the last couple of years the country started importing more cars from the East. Too many. There are no longer enough roads to support the increasing supply.

One of our Kiswahili instructors invited us over to her home to spend the night, meet her family, and cook a delicious meal. It was great for language practice but we also managed to have a lot of fun laughing with her family, learning about Tanzanian politics, home life, and food (which we ate way too much of). All of the vegetables they picked fresh from their garden (delicious) and for dessert we had fresh milk from her Baba's cow sweetened with cocoa. Nancy, my professor is pictured to the right with me and Sam. Her Mom, Grandma, and sisters work hard to prepare the meal below.

Our awesome hike at Pugu Hills Forrest Preserve.

Enjoying the view and cooling off in the pool afterward and...napping. Clearly it has been real tough to embrace the relaxing Tanzanian lifestyle.

Some of our monkey friends hanging out near the dorms. The big dog-like one is a femal baboon. For some reason she is the only one of her kind on campus so she hangs out and acts as a second mother to the baby vervit monkeys. It is a very interesting interaction to watch.

Some pictures from around campus, everything is open air. It is hot, but refreshing once the afternoon breeze rolls in.

Mti wa 'degree' the biggest and most beautiful tree on campus, named "The Degree Tree" for how many students have received degrees under it!

Our state of the art classroom!