Whew!

Habari!!! It has been a lonngggg 2 last days...but tons of fun! We spent most of the day yesterday exploring Bagamoyo and in Swahili lessons. The town is amazing, tons of people and all extremely nice! I made my first native friend yesterday @ his art shop down by the beach. I stopped and talked to him because he looked like a pretty cool rastafarian and come to find out his name is RASTI! lol. I brought some friends back to see him later on that afternoon and look at his artwork and he says he will give us african art lessons whenever we would like over the next three weeks! We also went and bought some really neat African fabrics for this local lady that is going to make us some shorts, skirts, and head scarfs for only 5000 shillings (less than 5 dollars)! Bagamoyo town is awesome! It is a typical african town/city...a lot of mud huts with twig roofs, dirt roads, and tons of people and kids everywhere! There are 4 primary schools in the area and an arts college all within walking distance. It's always fun going and joining in with the kids playing soccer! &&& we have the BEACH! which is rather smelly due to their large fishing industry but still a gorgeous beach with many boats and palm trees. The sky looks huge in africa, like it goes on for days, and at night it is extremely dark. We will be walking down the street when a motorcycle rides by and blinds you for 5 minutes because of the light. We've run into many a biker and local because we weren't used to it being so dark : ) The Swahili lessons are great too! & the language is so easy to pick up! It has become easier and easier for us to conversate with the people everyday & we are having a lot of fun with it!