Written October 4th, 2009
Yesterday, Godfrey (one of the two YCI program managers) took Nicole, Melissa and I hiking. We were accompianied by Gasto (a Tanzanian volunteer that we will be working with), Maka (the English-speaker in my homestay), Paolo (the English speaker in Melissa and Nicole's homestay), and another friend of theirs.
It was not a very long hike, but because I have not been as active as I usually am (over the last few months), it was a moderate challenge. It was also very nice. We had decent weather (mostly cool with clouds in the morning, and then more sun as the day went on).
This is a pretty common hike for YCI volunteers in Morogoro (as I had seen by reading the blog posts of many of those volunteers). We didn't go all the way to a peak, but we did stop at a spot called morningside. It is pretty much just a flat grassy area with a good view of Morogoro. There is also an old German hotel, built in 1911. It was pretty interesting. We signed a guestbook and someone there gave us a short tour of the building. Not bad for 1911.
Anyway, it was a long day and even now my legs are still a bit sore. Here are some pictures from the day. 1) The red earth that is common around here, 2) A waterfall, 3) The view from Morningside Peak, 4) Part of the hotel, 5) The group of us (L to R: Me, Melissa, Maka, Nicole, Godfrey, Paolo, I'm not sure (I have a bad memory for names), and Gasto; notice how everyone but me is doing the tough pose and I'm doing something different... )
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