Northern Tanzania or bust...

This week has been pretty exhausting. We dedicated home #2 on Monday and had a very cool ceremony there, too. I really wish we would have been able to spend more time in Mvumi working on the homes. It was odd to me to dedicate homes that were not actually finished. But I guess that is not uncommon.

We've run into some problems with lodging reservations and accessing/wiring money ~ long story. We spent a lot of time on the bus on Monday and Tuesday. Things are going fine. I'm just not terribly patient with that part of it. It's been a challenge understanding the dynamics of the trip planning and the cultural/economic barriers. I'm not used to being out of control of the planning issues!

Yesterday and today we hired some Land Cruisers and toured Lake Manyara and the Ngorogoro Crater Reservation. It was incredibly neat ~ saw some elephants, baboons, giraffes, whart hogs, zebras, lions, etc!! Northern Tanzania has an entirely different look and feel than where we first stayed. There is much more vegitation and mountains in this area. It's beautiful!

Tomorrow we head for the Serengeti and stay there Friday and Saturday nights. That will wrap up the Habitat portion of the trip. Then 7 of us are off to tackle Mount Kili!!

Best go for now. Hope everyone is doing well at home!