Observations

When asked what I wanted do see while in Tanzania, I told everyone that I wanted to see people doing everyday things. On my trip to China, we were on the run and indoors all the time that I only saw people when they were going to and coming from work.

Today we drove by a couple of areas where there were tons of streetside formal and informal businesses. I saw women going to work in business suits, young boys and girls in their uniforms buying corn from the street vendors, women balancing buckets of water or bananas on their head without using their hands. Young men playing soccer on the beach and a group of young children swimming.



It's interesting to see how the tribal people and modern people coexist. We walk into a pretty modern office building and see two Masai (African Tribe) men walking through in their traditional clothing right next to the woman in her three piece suit speaking swahili on her cell phone.

I am surprised about the amount of cars on the roads. There is always traffic in Dar es Salaam and it seems like there are NO RULES! Our Professor told us that cars are imported from Japan where they have a law in place that no care can be more than 5 years old. They export them to Africa to get rid of them. Most people drive Toyota's. Go figure!

Alright, I am going to go and get ready for an "African Dinner," whatever that means!

Oh before I forget. Yesterday we met a South African U.N. pilot who was pretty upset that the Western world categorizes all Africans under one umbrella as if Africa was a country and not a whole continent. I see his issue, Latin Americans face the same thing. The world still has a lot of growing up to do. ;0)