Christmas Day

A beautiful, hot X-mas here in Tanzania. We got up this morning and ate a X-mas breakfast of mango, bread and jam, tea, granola, and papaya. Then we headed to church, but not before snapping a few pictures in Sharon's backyard with Mt. Meru as our backdrop. We went to the service that was very international today...maybe it was more apparent because lots of people wore their more traditional dress up clothes, like the Norwegians in their bunads! We went to a church gathering this afternoon where we talked with a Tanzanian from the church who is a marathoner who runs the marathon in 2 hours and 16 minutes. He said that if he can get under 2.10 that he could get a sports promoter and maybe get "out of the ditch where he can get his name known." Cifa Chalo was his name so be on the lookout. We have been sweating a lot tonight and after eating samosas and meatballs, we settled in with some books, cribbage, and a movie: "Winged Migration," a documentary about birds. Sounds boring but the filming was amazing and I almost was able to stay awake through the whole thing. We're leaving for Dar tomorrow on the 8.30am bus. Hopefully I'll still have decent access, but we shall see. Night all.

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