A crazy fun weekend in Dar! On Saturday Bre, Erin, Anna, a guy named Mike, and I headed to a small island off the tip of the Msasani Penisula in Dar. The best way to explain it is that Dar es Salaam is like a backwards J and at the very tip of the bottom of the J is the Slipway. This I think comes from the British term for slip-away b/c it literally is: it's like a mini-America in Dar. We wen to the Slipway and caught a 30 min boat ride to Bongoyo Island. It was beautiful! Blue green water, a nice ocean surf, sail boats and dhows (Tanzanian sailboats in the Bay) and of course sun and sand. Well, the five of us lathered on the sunblock and hit the water. After about an hour Anna, Mike, and I decided to go exploring on the island. Most of the island is forest with a few trails so we started on the trail and walked over dead sharp coral that formed the island and eventually found a great secluded beach on the other side. We sat down and ate our lunch of bread and cheese that we bought at the Americanish grocery store (and I farted the whole day from the cheese which I haven't had since I left home!) and chatted politics. After awhile we left and decided to walk down the beach adn try to find another trail...well, things got hairy....unfortunately, I'm being kicked out of the lab! OK, I'm going to leave you on the edge of your seats. You can see a little preview though. I put some new pics on the web. They're from a swim meet on campus and a trip last weekend to jinogwoni and the trip to bongoyo. enjoy!



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Beach Pics in TZ