June 22: Arusha National Park

Last night we went to Glacier for the first time since being in Tanzania.  It is a bar and club, and it was sooo much fun!  We were expecting a pixel-type thing (sweaty and gross for those of you who don’t go to Cornell)—but it was the exact opposite of that.  There was a bar, live band, and dance floor underneath a roof… and then there was a really large open space on the grass.  There were multiple tables, bench swings, and even bonfires!  We were there for about three hours and it was so much fun!  Some of the KCMC students came to dinner with us and went to Glacier with us! 

Dinner before Glacier

Today, we went to Arusha National Park.  Honestly, that was a disappointment.  Compared to the safaris that I did with my family 2 years ago, this one was terrible.  It was fun to be with everyone and some of the KCMC students came too, which was nice—but we only saw 20-30 animals in 5 hours.  (And 15 of those were zebras…)  Also, all the animals we saw (except for the blue monkeys) were so far away!  But we saw blue monkeys, colobus monkeys, giraffes, zebras, baboons, flamingos, cranes, warthogs, and a couple other smaller ones.  I wanted to see elephants!! And more giraffes!! 

Twiga!!

We did have some nice views though, and like I said, it was nice to be around everyone.  I got kinda bored though :\  I fell asleep for the last hour… Apparently I missed a giraffe hug.  But I’m not upset about it. 

When Adrienne and I got home, mama was in Boma, but she left us dinner.  We had rice and beans.  While we were eating, Namja (the girl who’s name I thought was Mwaja—the 19-yr-old house girl from next door) came over and hung out with us.  She pointed to my nail polish, so I got it and painted her nails.  When I finished her right hand, I asked for her other hand—but she shook her head no.  I guess she only wanted one of her hands painted, haha.  Yesterday, Adrienne did her eye makeup.  It’s been nice hanging out with the neighbors!  Mesha came over, and he, Adrienne, and I watched Bridesmaids. 

Now I’m super tired and all I want to do is sleep for forever.  

Anzibert, Mselle, and Maasai cloth!