Thursday, July 2, 2009

Sun

Today was a great day to relax and celebrate the great work we have done in Tanzania.

We met up at the Roof Top Restaurant for breakfast. It was so incredible! We saw the amazing buildings of Zanzibar and even the ocean. The snorkeling place told us to come back at 11:45 so we decided to go shopping. We went to a store that looked like any other store and ended up finding a room with hundreds of dresses! We each bought a dress. We went to a few other shops and then met at the snorkeling place to get our equipment. We laughed so hard while we tried squeezing into our wet suits. When we finally got into them, it was time to head off. We took a 30 minute boat ride to a small island where we snorkeled for 45 minutes, ate an awesome lunch, and then went to the north side of the island to snorkel for another 45 minutes. The second half of the experience was clearly more difficult. The waves were huge and we had a hard time keeping the salty water out of our mouths. On our boat we were accompanied by a couple from Paris on their honeymoon, and a couple from England that have been traveling. They went to Bangkok! When we got back we took the most amazing shower of our lives. It was so nice to get the nastiness out of our hair. We shopped a little more and then met the others for a candlelight dinner at an Italian restaurant. It's been a long day and we are excited to sleep! Tomorrow we will take the farry back to Dar and spend time with Aggripa again.

We think it is necessary to tell everyone our team nicknames:
Bill R-Simba/Lion
Bill A- Fisi/Hyena
Dale- Tembo/Elephant
Marvin- Mmbu/Mosquito
Katy- Tumbili/Monkey
Kara- Mamba/Crocodile
Kristen- Swala/Antelope
Amy- Punda Milia/Crying Donkey (Zebra)
Kelsey- Twiga/Giraffe

We also have received word that our blog is being read in various locations including Texas, Oklahoma, California, Florida, Tanzania, Iraq, Germany, Thailand, India, and Brazil! Wow!

Home soon!

1 comment:

  1. Dearest Antelope and Giraffe .....what a wonderful day... full of fun, shopping, snorkeling, EATING, and EATING ...... you deserve it .....didn't you just love the snorkeling ... could get habit forming .... hey ..giraffe...marine biology sounds better and better ... probably no money or job opportunity ... but fun ... I know you are ready to come home and ready to stay longer ....we are so glad you got this opportunity of traveling and service to the Lord combined ... take care and see you before to long ... lots of love from P&N

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