More Pictures!

Well, tomorrow we're on our way to Tiwi, a small and quiet beach about 21 km south of Mombasa. The snorkeling is supposed to be good and we've got a cottage for Ksh3800 for the next three nights (I mean Ksh 3800 x 3). Now, 3800 is a lot to pay for lodging. It's about US$60 which, I know, even the Motel 6 can't beat as our cottage is about 30 seconds from the beach, but remember, we're trying to see the world for US$100 per day. I emphasize trying, cuz we've been going over budget a bit. :-( Worse case, you all get to see us again about a month earlier than originally planned, but we're really hoping that Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Southeast Asia will offset Europe and Kenya. Yeah, Kenya is more expensive than Tanzania.

Oh, the point. I forgot that I wanted to "caption" some more pix as there's probably not going to be any internet in Tiwi, a fact that Froody's not all that excited about. So, on to some pix!

Well, I totally forgot that among all the cool things we've done so far, one of them was a visit to a coffe farm in the cool, green foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro (man, that sounds so exotic. And, I really was there!)Our guide for the day was a 58 yo coffee farmer, Felician. he took us through all the steps of coffee production, starting from the bean and all the way to a cup of coffee a farmer makes for himself and his friends. This is a Tazanian coffee farmer's way to grind coffee. BTW-this was Froody's first two cups of coffee. Ever.

This is the swahili version of fish and chips. The plate above has ugali, a local staple. This particular batch wasn't very good. We had some at a restaurant in Lushoto which was much better.

Our evenings in Moshi were spent on a rooftop "bar" drinking beer (me) or something else (him) watching Mt. Kili and all the birds coming home, from hawks to ibises to egrets to swallows to weavers to hornbills.

After Moshi we went to Lushoto to do some walking around. The Usambara Mountains were beautiful and I didn't really appreciate them until we left, of course. So much beauty that I couldn't process it all until we left. I know I'll have the same things to say over and over and over on this trip. Anyway, we met Jennifer who joined us on a couple of walks, including one to the Irente Viewpoint.

Well, that's all I have time for. Rememer to go to Froody's site and see some of the video we've taken as well as all the other pix he's taken. AND, HE'S ALWAYS UPLOADING, SO COME BACK AND SEE WHAT'S NEW. THE VIDEO WILL BE POSTED IN THE DAYS THEY WERE TAKEN, SO CHECK OUT THE DAYS AGAIN AND AGAIN. :-)