Dar es Salaam Diary

This may seem obvious to those of you who are more geographically adept, but on Friday I realized that when you live close to the equator, the days are about the same length all year long. I found this kind of neat. So that means that in Dar, the sun rises at around 6:30 AM and sets at around 7:00 PM every day. I have also learned that between those hours the sun is FIERCE. At least this time of year. I spent much of yesterday walking all around Dar, and am currently sporting the watch and farmer tans (rather, burns) to prove it. Also 3 mosquito bites, which of course I'm sure means I'm about to come down with a raging case of malaria, but hopefully that will not be the case!

There is much more to report, but I'm afraid I'm out of time, so I will just leave you with these profound insights for now. Tomorrow is my first day of work (which starts promptly at 8 AM!!!) so I'm sure I'll have much to add after that.

Oh, finally, I got a Tanzanian cell phone, so shoot me an e-mail if you would like to get my number. I'd post it, but you never know with those pesky telemarketers...