Via Via!

Thursday nights are “social nights” with all the IVHQ volunteers in Arusha. All 3 volunteer houses, and people in homestays get together for a big meal and a few drinks. We all went to Simba House which is the name of one of the other volunteer houses. The roads up to the house are hooorendous! I feel bad for the vehicles here. The road is so uneven, that the vehicle constantly bottoms out. We stopped at a tiny kiosk/convenience store to buy a few beers. There, local kids jumped up and wanted to play with us. We had a huge meal, including goat (which was delicious!). I didn’t eat the chicken. One of the girls staying at the house got Malaria. She arrived in Tanzania the same day I did! What bad luck! So she was put on antibiotics. The rest of us decided to be more diligent with mosquito repellent!

We went out to a local bar called Via Via which was an outside bar with karaoke and a firepit. IVHQ has special drivers which we take everywhere, so they picked us up at home, then waited at the bar until we were ready to leave. 20+ volunteers went together, so it was a good time! Maasai men were having jumping contests, and dancing with the local ladies was insane! They were fabulous dancers. Made us Muzungu’s (white people) look pathetic.