I have finally made it to Tanzania! It took 36 hours to get from our house to the Tanzania Volunteers house (TV house) in Moshi. The first flight from Brisbane to Dubai was the longest, it took 14 hours. We then had a 4-5 hour stop over in Dubai. The Dubai airport is huge and it was so busy! We then travelled from Dubai to Dar es Salaam on a 5 hour flight. We had a stop over of about three hours in Dar es Salaam but most of that time was spent waiting for our luggage, going through check in and lots of security checks. The flight from Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro was on a much smaller plane than the previous two planes. That made me a bit nervous but it was not a bad flight. I sat next to an Aussie guy on the flight. That was interesting because this is not a country that you expext to see many other Aussies. He is here for a few weeks to visit his Dad who works here. This flight only took an hour which didn't feel like long at all after the firsit two flights! We arrived in Kilimanjaro and were meet by Louis and two other guys. They loaded up the roof of the bus with our luggage although we had so much some of it needed to join us in the bus. We drove about 40 minutes to Moshi. It was dark so I couldn't see much bit I tried to take in as much as possible. We are staying in an area called Shanty Town. Despite it's name it is known as a 'well to do' area.
After finding our beds we had some dinner. Beatrice had cooked a savoury beef rice dish that was similar to fried rice and served it with fresh tomato salsa and fruit. It was good. We were all very tired by this stage so we had a shower and went to bed. Unfortunately, I had a cold shower because
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