Our first days in Tanzania were packed with new impressions and surprises. Arriving late in a totally new country and continent made us a bit insecure. It was still very hot and unluckily we were forced to share a 3-person room with the five of us.
Yet the second day we had the opportunity to meet Laura to get us familiar with Dar-Es-Salam. She is working on a similar kind of project and could explain much more about the different regions and groups in Tanzania. It was of course nice to arrive in the weekend so we could the Southern Beaches of Dar-Es-Salam.
Monday morning at 5 o'clock (!) we took the bus to Njombe, the place where SHIPO is located. It was an interesting 12-hour bustrip, during which we could see giraffes, elephants, zebras, etc. Unluckily we were driving too hard to make good pictures. We saw an amazing landscape pass along the road from Dar to Njombe; it is nice to get familiar with the immense country of Tanzania.
In Njombe we were picked up by John and arrived at a nice hotel for the coming days. Today we had our first day at the local organisation of SHIPO and are desperately trying to remember all the names of the people in the organisation. They are all very nice and forcing us to practice our Swahili, which is very nice to try. Until now we are very good at greeting everyone and saying goodbye. The coming days we will go into the field to visit the rural villages and see people using the Siphon Waterfilter. We'll keep you updated...
