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This is the verandah of the beach hut we stayed in on Mafia. Very luxurious, with a hammock, and a fan inside the mosquito net!

This little fella scuttled in front of me, as I staggered up the beach after my first frightened dive…

This is Audie, the guy who taught us how to dive. A bit like a PE teacher, I found him a bit intimidating. Mind you, I think I find most physical activities I have to learn intimidating, and it often takes me a few goes to start enjoying myself, and the same goes for this SCUBA diving lark. So I guess I shouldn’t judge Audie. He did teach me that you should sniff sea water to clear your sinuses, and it works….

The hotel we staying in on Mafia. Very nice. But I got sick…

After all the ups and downs in Arusha, you can see that Yuki is very excited to be on holiday now. Looking forward to learning how to dive, and relaxing in the sun.

This frog was hopping around our house, until I trapped it in a glass and let it out. I hope the dogs didn’t eat it…

It’s been over a week since I last added anything to the site. Been an interesting one. Yuki met a guy from and NGO called TechnoServe who offered her a voluntary position, helping them with their PR with the Japanese coffee industry. There was also some suggestion that I could help them with their computer problems. I went down and found that they really needed to sort out their network, and located a disused computer that they could turn into a server given the right software and some extra memory.

Mind you, I am not really seeking to be Mr Fix It out here, so I was hoping to get some valuable NGO experience with them as well. All was looking well, and their seemed a possibility that they would fix us up with Class C visas to stay in Tanzania for another year. We would legally be missionaries or something…

Anyway, I am not so sure that this is possible anymore. Perhaps they want Yuki’s help, but they are being a bit wishy washy about me. Bit of a pain, since I have spent about a week of effort for them when I could have been spending it on something else.

Hamisi works for Mary, and does the hard work in the garden. He is a nice chap, a Muslim who likes the odd beer.

Quite often we can hear Mary shouting – Hamisi! He is a bit deaf I think. His responsibilities include opening the gate when it is locked from the inside. His deafness has left us out in the street for a long time…

Mary spends most of her time tending to her garden and farm. Here she is pretending to snip at the hedge.