Pic - Fresh off the plane. You like my new ultra cool Kenyan specs?
Pic - Kurt, our team leader in the main 'office' at the transit center. It was all made of wood, including the ultra-hard chairs! The tin roof made it tough to hear during the frequent rainstorms!
Pic - Sunrise on the way to the worksite. It was about 25 minutes over a hilly road of that distinctive orangy dirt. One afternoon on the way back, we surprised some boys using a puddle near the road to skinny dip!
Pic - IOM compound. It was a nice, peaceful setting, with daily volleyball and badminton matches between IOM staff. Props to the staff who prepared the cafeteria style dinner each night, and to the 'cleaning fairies' who washed any article of clothing left out!
Pic - View of Kibondo town from hilltop. A nice little town, reminded me a little of Uganda. Our Kenyan colleagues told us that the Swahili spoken in this part of Tanzania is really 'proper' and refined compared to Kenyan Swahili!
Pic - Refugees looking on as the plane approaches. There was a group of approved folks headed out on there way to be resettled. It was so joyful to see folks on that end of the process, since I work with them when the future is still a big question mark. The first plane sighting definitely trumped first muzungu sighting for the refugee kids!
Pic - Mark and I at the 'airport.' Check out Mark's party shorts!
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