jambo tanzania

So I`m offically in tanzania...its amazing, and so so beautiful!
I arrived sat night, my flights were fine, a little bit of turbulance but not troo bad, and they were both on time which was good! I was kinda gutted to have landed in the dark! Apparently you fly over the top of kilimanjaro, but I didnt get to see that! The programme manager Freddy met me there are we drove about 50 mins to the house!
The house is awesome, it`s sooo nice! And the people that are already here are lovely, really welcoming! I think there are about 20 or so people in the house with me! There are 8 ish people from Hong Kong, but  we dont see them much! But there is a group of like 10 gilrs who are so lovely, some leave next weekend which I`m alrealy sad about!
On sunday I had a long sleep in, I was shattered!! Then we made pancakes for breakfast...mmm! We went to a place called 'players' in the afternoon -it`s like a pool/bar, really nice place to chill out! Think I might be there a fair bit in the next 4 weeks! Walking there was the first time I really saw Arusha in day light. The roads are like big mud tracks, crazy! You can see Mt Meru from our house too which is amazing!
When we got home, another girl had arrived. She is called Emily and she is from Canada, we are sharing a room! Its nice to have someone else who is new too!
Last night we went out for food! Usually during weekdays we have a cook who makes our meals, but weekends we fend for ourselves...so we went out and had like tapas! I ate soo much, and the food and drink is really cheap (Tsh 10,000 for LOADS of food and a drink...sounds a lot but its just under ten pounds - there is no pound sign on this computer haha). The taxi there was quite a journey...so there were 8 of us girls, plus John the taxi driver, and we all fit in one taxi...which is just as nomal car! So John was obviously driving, there were 2 gils on the front seat, and then 6 of us in the back, 3 sitting on the seats, then 3 on their laps! And this is perfectly fine to do in Tanzania, no one bats an eyelid! The roads are pretty bumpy so its not the most comfortable, but hey, we all got there in one peice so its all good!
I`m currently in Arusha having my orientation around the town! Freddy and Brian (who is the assistant programme manager) are showing us how to catch the dala dala (which is a crazy full bus), getting us set up with phones, money, ect ect! There is a lot to take in, its pretty overwhelming! But there people here are so friendly! ...I've been proposed to twice already haha! I`d be flattered but its just because I`m a muzungu (white person) which is a sign of money and wealth!
Anyway, I'm going to have to go now because my time on this computer is running out! I`m having a great time so far and I think that these 4 weeks are going to fly by! I`ll try and post some more entries at some point! xxx