Emails from Singida 1
I’ve decided to post some of the emails I sent during the project in Tanzania. They were all sent from an Internet cafe in a town called Singida – I travelled back there most weekends from the village. I hope these will give a little insight into the project and my time volunteering in Mvae.
Hi everyone,
Just thought I’d write from Singida before I travel to ‘no internet/electricity etc but apparently a mobile signal’ Mvae!
After a tiring bus ride (it did break down but they were able to fix it), Singida is great. It is pretty and really relaxed here and the locals are extremely friendly and helpful when we go round practising our Swahili. I can’t imagine a better place to try to learn a language! The place we are staying is also really nice and even has toilet seats and hot water (in the afternoons)!
We go to a nice bar each evening where there is great food and beer. The mornings are pretty intensive Swahili lessons and the afternoons are more relaxed but usually involve some practising Swahili with the locals. Yesterday we went to the market and bought things like bananas. The group of volunteers are really starting to get on well now – it’s a shame in a way that we are going to split up to go to our villages – though of course we are all eager to get started – and in any case hope that we can sometimes meet up back in Singida at the weekend.
Next time I write I hope to be able to update you on how the project is going..
