Father/Son Safari Part 3: A Day in Dar

Hello again. This post will mostly be pictures...

After arriving back in Dar Es Salaam after our trek to Arusha and the north, the plan was to head to Hanga ASAP to start work there! However, the convoy of cars (two of them anyway) going back to Hanga wasn't leaving for another day, so that gave us a free day around the city. At first this was a bummer, but we made lemonade! 

So, we woke up on our free day, had breakfast with the other guests staying in Kurasini, and then had one the monks help us hire a taxi for the day! 

Our first stop in the morning was to the Village Museum where there are reconstructions of different houses built by the many different tribes around Tanzania. It was pretty neat to see. Here are some pictures of us with the houses.

Dad tried to figure out how to pound grain...I think he needs a few more lessons.

The sign on this room reads "chumba cha mke mkubwa" (Senior wife's room). They were usually a big bigger and nicer than the junior wife's room. And they had more shelves. 

After visiting the museum, we went further north in the city to a different type of Tanzanian secondary school than I am used to! We visited a school called Haven of Peace Academy (HOPAC). It is a christian school run by missionaries. It is a very nice school! I just had to snap some pictures of the classrooms and the beautiful library! something to aspire to with our library here in Hanga :)

We had heard about this school through another mid-west connection! There is a church in La Crosse, WI that sponsors the school and just sent a group of volunteers to work there on a mission trip in the past year. This is a picture of my dad with Bill. He and his wife both grew up in the midwest and now have been missionaries in Africa for many years. It was great to have a tour of the school from him, and be able to chat about home!

After the school, we ate lunch at a hotel on the beach (the first picture up top) and then did some souvenir shopping. We made it back to St. Placid guest house in time for dinner and packing to get ready for our trip to Hanga the next day! Though it was another unexpected "hitch" in the plans, our day around Dar turned out to be very enjoyable. Sometimes it is best not to plan i guess!

Next up: Hanga Monastery!