Project Kilimanjaro

Yesterday Evelyne and I had a very interesting day. Levina is one of our students. Saturday we asked her about something we could visit on sunday. She said that we could go to Mushi, her hometown and visit her family. We really loved this idea.

So yesterday we were waiting for the bus. Suddenly he was there. Every bus here has his own boss and also someone who works for him. He gets the people inside and collect the money. So this guy pushed us in the bus and the driver decides to push the gas pedal very hard. I think we were going faster than an airplane. It was very scary. People in the bus were complaining but it doesn't matter. The bus was driving so fast because he had a competition with the other busses on the road. Because every bus has his own boss, every day is a match to get the most people inside your bus. So I had two men who were sitting on my lap. The bus was very full. One thing that is very special about this culture: if the bus is full, it means you'll take all the children on your lap. So if you have two kids with you as a mother, you just put one kid on the lap of a stranger. The stranger gives her purse to you. The people here are just one big family. I like this very much! Everybody calls each-other sista or brother!

When we arrived in the city I was a little bit shocked. I can't explain why, it was just very impressive. We took another bus to Levina's home. When we arrived I saw a big difference between her home and the place we are staying with the Film School. The nature and colors were so different. Everything was more red over there. We met the whole family and we did get a wonderful lunch. We made some photos. Here you can see a couple of them.

I really have the feeling we saw the African live yesterday. It was an opportunity most of the tourists don't get so we appreciated a lot. Levina is such a nice girl. She is the one with the yellow t-shirt. Before we left the village we gave the children some candy because Evelyne and I fall in love with those kids. 

Bye!

Anna