Sigh...

I haven't updated my blog in a week, and I'm sure many people are wondering how things are going. The truth is there is a really good reason for me not writing as often as I would have liked. I actually was even in the process of working on some interesting updates about my host family, food in Tanzania, transportation in Tanzania, but all of that was cut short sometime between 11pm on Wednesday and 6 am on Thursday last week.

To put it simply: I was robbed. As I slept no less. What happened was the mesh that served as a window to my room, was cut from the outside and everything within arms reach of that hole was taken. The unfortunate part was that there was a table right beside the window and on that table was a lot of stuff. I lost my laptop, almost all of the books I brought - including guidebooks, a dictionary and several books I was going to read to keep my sanity, all of my medicine in case I get sick (though I thankfully was spared losing my malaria pills), my multivitamins, my sunglasses, my camera cord (so I can't upload any pictures at the moment), most of my energy bars, and many of my toiletries (though I have my soap, shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrush).

Luckily, I still have my passport, my money for traveling and all of my clothes. So it could be worse.

I have had a lot of help and support from my family and YCI in contacting the police in an effort to track the thieves (I'm told there is a chance I will get some or all of it back - though to be honest, hoping I will get it back might be harder on me than losing it all). In the grand scheme of things it is just stuff which can be replaced. However, it will be difficult to replace the things here, which has been the toughest part since pretty much everything I brought with me was for a purpose and now I am without some vital things (let's hope I don't need a lot of that medication).

So that's why I've been a bit MIA lately. The police are kind of slow here (and I'm told sometimes they need money to actually do their job - fun times, let me tell you), but everyone is telling me to be patient and they will get my stuff back.

As for my blog, I will still try to post every now and then, but don't expect pictures (which is a shame since there are some good ones). I will try to find a cord here to upload them, but if not, when I return to Canada I will share what I have.

Until next time...