Hey Y'all,
Just a quick update. We are in Mwanza, arrived here on Sunday afternoon with the Andersons. It was a full load. We crammed Margaret, Andy, Mary Jane, Vanessa, Myself, Geoff, the pastor's wife (forget her name), Abigail, Caleb, and Ben (3 anderson children) and one of Abigail's friends into a jeep and drove the five hour trek to Mwanza. It was cozy, especially being crammed into the back with the three Anderson children and Geoff. More than once I was thankful for the inventors of Mp3 players. Yes, they are antisocial, but there is a time for everything.
Apart from one flat tire, the ride was uneventful. We are now enjoying the hospitality of the Jeffers here in their Mwanzan guest house. It is glorious, and we are amazed at the relativity of perception. Going from Canada to Mwanza we were overwhelmed by Mwanza's dinginess and poverty, but coming to Mwanza from Kahunda, we are surprised at the relative luxury and beauty this city enjoys.
Vanessa's visa application was rejected unfortunately, but thankfully we found it out now and not in a few days. Her tourist visa expires in May however since there is a 3 month limit, so, we've been told we have to leave Tanzania and return...or we may never leave, or worse, go to jail. That's probably extreme, but we're not taking chances. We were a bit peeved that we had to pay 50 dollars each just to leave the country and come back, so Margaret suggested that we go and visit the CRWRC headquarters in Nairobi for a few days and make the 100 dollar hit a little softer. We decided to take her up on the offer, so we are going to check out Nairobi starting tomorrow. We fly out at noon and come back Monday. So i'll update the blog with our adventures in Kenya when we return. The whole thing is rather haphazard, but seems to be falling together nicely, especially since there will be someone driving from Mwanza to Kahunda the next day and we can hitch a ride back with him. So, that's that. Off to Kenya...
Take care everyone and hope you enjoy the pics!
Doug and Vaness
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