Monday, December 14, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
U.S. Cooling Off, Africa Heating Up
My dad emailed me the other day to let me know it was 16 degrees in Seattle right now. I day dreamed yesterday the next time I'll be cold.
I thought it was hot when I arrived here but that was the tail end of the Tanzanian winter. We're just now getting into the heart of the summer and it's actually getting hotter. Imagine July in Washington DC and that's what kind of weather we get here (80 degrees with 80% humidity). Now imagine there's no electricity (so no AC, not even fans), the wind dies down, there's no insulation in your house, and the bathing water is as warm as it is outside.
You know when you take a shower and start sweating right after? Try literally non stop sweating all day. As long as our power is off (as it has been the last 4 days), there's no way to cool yourself other than the ocean. I sweat every minute of the day including when I sleep.
Here's to more dreams about cold weather because I'm not getting it any time soon.
I thought it was hot when I arrived here but that was the tail end of the Tanzanian winter. We're just now getting into the heart of the summer and it's actually getting hotter. Imagine July in Washington DC and that's what kind of weather we get here (80 degrees with 80% humidity). Now imagine there's no electricity (so no AC, not even fans), the wind dies down, there's no insulation in your house, and the bathing water is as warm as it is outside.
You know when you take a shower and start sweating right after? Try literally non stop sweating all day. As long as our power is off (as it has been the last 4 days), there's no way to cool yourself other than the ocean. I sweat every minute of the day including when I sleep.
Here's to more dreams about cold weather because I'm not getting it any time soon.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Pictures finally!
I finally have a day in our Dar es Salaam office to upload some pictures from the year. Some are random but I thought I might as well add as many as I could while I had the chance.
These are my incredible roommate (minus the little girl on the right). From left to right, Goodluck, Grace, Hilda, Me, neighbor girl.
The A-team (Andrew, Ameet, Angie) bonding with our pumpkin (nicknamed Sir Thomas Cunningham) on Thanksgiving week.
The A-team goes diving in Kilwa the day after Thanksgiving
Riding home from work.
These are my incredible roommate (minus the little girl on the right). From left to right, Goodluck, Grace, Hilda, Me, neighbor girl.
Here's Salma our house girl/woman. Her whole family (her, husband, two daughters) all have names starting with "S". I thought only westerns did that :) She is always smiling and dancing around the house.
The A-team (Andrew, Ameet, Angie) bonding with our pumpkin (nicknamed Sir Thomas Cunningham) on Thanksgiving week.
The A-team goes diving in Kilwa the day after Thanksgiving
Out on the water with our dive instructor Valario (one of three other white people I hang out with in Kilwa).
Just finished my dive.
Riding home from work.
Do I really look like k fed with the corn rows? :(
Taking a break in the kitchen from cooking Thanksgiving dinner with Angie.
Pumpkin Pie!
Our version of Thanksgiving turkey, delicious red snapper.
Yes they make wine in Tanzania. No it's not good. We had South African wine for Thanksgiving but I got a kick out of seeing this wine.
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