Jambo UK

I'm settling into Bourka Primary nicely and getting on well with housemates and house!

I have ensuite (when theres water) and, as you can see from the photos, a nice room with plenty of storage :)

the girls im living with are really lovely and we're all teaching either class 4 or 6 im teaching standard 6 class C (10-11year olds mainly), their English is very limited but they're all keen learners, I read them a story on friday and asked them to repeat the difficult words and they did so in a northern accent! it was really funny!

yesterday we went to one of the teacher's houses for dinner we had traditional african food including yams and ugali (a random porridge thing) it was actually rather tasty and she was very welcoming, the village we're living in is amazing i love it here, will get photos of it up asap...

im also going to start a volleyball club soon so will keep u posted...

some horror stories now!

wer had a HUGE cockroach in our dining room last week that got stuck in a coke can and you could hear it rattling around for ages! Charlotte bravely diposed of it after taking some grusome photos lol

there was also a GIANT black rat in our kitchen one day when we came home that scuttled out of a window as soon as it saw us, im still rather traumatised lol

AND in my old school enaboishu, there was a rotting lizard behind my wardrobe that absolutely stank lol, by the way dad, there's a man next to me with an electric fly swatter haha

deppite the little things (or in this case the huge scary things) Tanzania is beautiful, the view of mt meru from our house is totally breathtaking and the kids are wonderful, after a rocky start i think i'm really going to love it here :)

much love, thanku for all of ur comments, txts and emails,

tuto onana (see you later)

Claire xxxxx