September

Day 3 – Saturday, 29th September 
Michael, a friend from the other side of the city came to visit. Michael runs his own tourist shop and as a present brought me a lovely necklace and traditional flip-flops made out of old tyres and the straps are fixed with nails…why can’t we think of reusing old things like that rather than spending lots of money on buying everything new?
Day 4 – Sunday, 30th September 
Michael is heading back home so after seeing him off I spend the rest of the day at a local bar which is famous for their pork.  You go up to the kitchen and select the specific bit of pork and exactly how much  you want and the cook will prepare it for you. With your pork you will get a little salad (peppers, tomatoes, cucumber) a mountain of salt, either Chilli Sauce or Ketchup and sometimes even grilled bananas. Just before your food is being served a staff member (either ‘dada ‘ – sister or ‘kaka’ – brother) will come to your table with a bowl and a jug of water in order for you to wash your hand (right hand only! You never eat with your left hand as it is considered to be the dirty hand).  Once only the bones of the meat are left over the ‘dada’ or ‘kaka’ will come over again so you can once again wash your hand! It’s such a good idea, we should do this at home too!

 At the end of the day it’s time to go home and to pack again as I am off for a week’s holiday in Zanzibar. I will meet my friend Sarah from work at the airport in Zanzibar. She has spent the last week successfully climbing mount Kilimanjaro near Arusha and Moshi in northern Tanzania…she definitely deserves a few days off and someone will have to keep her company!