First Day Off!

Since the students are at their hospitals, I can relax for a little bit. Ash and I slept in then went for lunch at Tanz-Hand's. I had lamb meat balls with tzaziki sauce, sweet potato fries, and a Peanut Butter Milkshake! This restaurant has a really interesting concept behind it. It's catered to tourists, volunteers, and resident foreigners and the restaurant's profits support the Usa (Oo-sa) River Rehabilitation and Training Center. This organization helps provide schooling and employment to those with physical disabilities. Tanz-Hand's also includes a gift shop of items made by its students. These include sandals, wooden sculptures, clothing, etc. They are all very beautiful pieces and the money goes back to support the students. I will likely find my way back here in the future.

After lunch, we visited my home-stay from last year again. We had authentic Tanzanian Chai: black tea, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, and milk. There's no fixed recipe so if you are interested in trying it for yourself, just go for it!

I also learned a lot about ethnic hair today. I helped Ash undo her braids and we went to a local hair salon. The women there loved my hair. I was thinking of getting braided extensions while I'm here just to look more Tanzanian. Since I do a lot of traveling, having African braids might help me look less like a tourist to avoid getting harassed. However, it's very hard to commit to that hair because it usually takes 10 hours to put it in. My hair might be too slippery to hold the extensions in anyway. If I do it, that would be new whole look for me...