Did somebody say, COFFEE?!

Tommy K, this one's for you...

note: this post is out of order, so the pictures are old, but they are still worth it!

also, I have more pictures to load soon, so i will make this writing short, sweet, and to the point.

I finally made my first pot of REAL coffee here in Hanga! i was inspired by the raw coffee beans that Charlie and i bought from PCV James. The beans were delivered to us at Simba's going away party. These are coffee beans from near Mbinga town, but the catch is that they are just dried, raw beans. I need to roast them myself. so that will be a project for next week :) for now, i just used some ground coffee i bought in Dar when i got the coffee maker. it was delicious! i cant make coffee in the morning, though, because there is not power when we get up. but the important thing is, it is available now. mmmmm.

Here is me with the raw coffee beans. they are white before you roast them...and dont smell like anything...and taste kind of like dirt. who knew?

Charlie is excited about his new toaster from Dar, too.

These are the other atendees of the party. they are PCVs from the southern region of Tanzania. James is sitting second from the right. he is the one who got us the coffee. Asante sana!

Sifting through the books in Simba's library. there are quite a few, and they will be unaccessable until late November when the next PCV arrives in Songea to take his place.

The TREK in this picture is also of importance. it is the bike that i bought from Simba this past week as he was moving out. I just went back to Songea today and rode it back to Hanga! the 40 km ride (aprox.) took me just over 3 hours with a couple lengthy stops. Even though i drank 2 liters of water along the way, i still felt dehydrated at the end! it was a good ride, but i dont think i will be doing it too often. the bike will be mainly for use around Hanga!

more pictures from the ride and the last few days (including roasting peanuts!) to come soon.

al for now.