The Last Week - Photos!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Labor Day Weekend. I seem to be spending the holiday weekends traveling. When I traveled to Moshi it was during 4th of July and now Labor Day. And from the blog you may remember that I stayed the night in a hotel while I was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 4th. Well, this time they told me the hotel was not covered by them. When I asked why the last time it was their reply was "probably a mistake". Luckily, I had my sleeping bag - sleeping in the airport was actually not that bad. Now I'm back in Johannesburg - last night I had the best sleep I have had in long time and a nice hot shower. And I have FAST and FREE internet!! and I have time! ...which means photos and stories.

I don't even know where to begin. It was an incredible last week.

Here are some photos from dinner last Sunday at Alfred's (our taxi driver)...


In class the past couple of weeks we have made masks, the Tanzanian flag, pasta necklaces, and balloons with sugar in them as noise makers. We also took a class photo on my last day. I will miss the children - all their smiling faces and hugs!



For my last week with my women's group I stopped teaching English and they started teaching me their needlework! Then on Friday I went early and had another lunch with them - they also invited my friend Nadia who I teach with. Again, it was incredible. I'm really going to miss them. I have truly enjoyed working with the children, but I think working with the women has been the most rewarding for me - I have learned so much from them. After lunch they gave me gifts; a certificate they had put together, a pillow case they had made me with a zebra on it (this is so when I sleep with it I will dream of them and Moshi) and also a bag with a zebra. I then spent the rest of the evening with a couple of the women from my class. I got to meet some of their family, visit their homes and get to know them better - what truly strong and amazing women.


Saturday I said my goodbyes to friends. I have really met some incredible people on this trip. These are just random photos with friends.

Our wine and cheese night - not quite the same as it is back in NYC, but it was definitely a fun night.


These lovely girls from Liverpool have been my fantastic roommates for the past couple of weeks - they are dead fun!

Our Maasai watch guards at the house.


This is one from the plane - Goodbye Kili!


This afternoon I will be on a plane (again) this time heading to Swaziland. I am refreshed and ready to begin the next adventure!