Walking through an emptry street in Stone Town
These kids constantly asked us to take pictures of them, so for the final picture we joined in too.
Tyler and I with our beach boy hats
Shaib and his son Acarum. This was the first time he had ever seen a boat.
It's Saturday, and everything is done. Graduation was on Thursday, and our 40-some graduates received their certificates. I'm proud of each and every one of them, to attend so many classes and put the effort forward to get the certificates was a lot of work. I'm sad that this is the end of the project for me, but for the graudates it is only the beginning of new opportunities if they choose to use the certificates to their full potential.
Yesterday we spent the whole day with the staff in the YCI office doing our final weekly meeting, then we went to the same Italian restaurant we went to what seems like forever ago on Thanksgiving. Shaib brought his adorable 2 and a half year old son to the meal, and the amazed look in his eyes when he saw the ferries go by on the water was hilarious. "He has never seen boats before," explained Shaib. "He must think they are giant cars on water." There we discussed what we had learned during our time in Zanzibar, and suggestions for future volunteers.
Here are some things I will miss about my time here:
Stephanie and Tyler
my family
the students
Shaib, Kaiza, and Micah, the YCI staff
chai
the weather
the cheap prices
Sunshine Internet Cafe
sugar cane juice
zanzibar pizzas
fresh seafood
the people i meet by walking down the street
island atmosphere
no sense of time
Amore Mio's Restaurant
Tyler's ADD attacks
snowpo the cat
Forodhani
Stone Town
the beach
friendly greetings
saying hello to someone 3 different ways in swahili each time you see them
teaching
roaming animals
leaves on the trees
fresh tropical fruit
sugar cane juice
mosques
call to prayer
Tyler and Stephanie beating each other
buying 3 pops and getting one free
the market
Things I won't miss:
beach boys
getting jacked up prices due to skin colour
getting confused in different languages
daladalas
hip hop and R&B music
ugali
slow internet
having to pay for internet service
Indian or Swahili TV/advertisements
the garbage
people honking their horns
people being everywhere (i grew up in a small town)
swarms of flies wherever food is present
cold showers
my toilet being a hole in the ground
mosquitoes
mosquitoe nets
roosters
ugly cats
Things I'm looking forward to in Canada (nothing too crazy, just the simple stuff):
seeing my family and friends
speaking English to anyone
driving a car
listening to my music
hot showers
my bed
toilets
toasters
skiing and skating
soda being called pop
Yesterday we spent the whole day with the staff in the YCI office doing our final weekly meeting, then we went to the same Italian restaurant we went to what seems like forever ago on Thanksgiving. Shaib brought his adorable 2 and a half year old son to the meal, and the amazed look in his eyes when he saw the ferries go by on the water was hilarious. "He has never seen boats before," explained Shaib. "He must think they are giant cars on water." There we discussed what we had learned during our time in Zanzibar, and suggestions for future volunteers.
Here are some things I will miss about my time here:
Stephanie and Tyler
my family
the students
Shaib, Kaiza, and Micah, the YCI staff
chai
the weather
the cheap prices
Sunshine Internet Cafe
sugar cane juice
zanzibar pizzas
fresh seafood
the people i meet by walking down the street
island atmosphere
no sense of time
Amore Mio's Restaurant
Tyler's ADD attacks
snowpo the cat
Forodhani
Stone Town
the beach
friendly greetings
saying hello to someone 3 different ways in swahili each time you see them
teaching
roaming animals
leaves on the trees
fresh tropical fruit
sugar cane juice
mosques
call to prayer
Tyler and Stephanie beating each other
buying 3 pops and getting one free
the market
Things I won't miss:
beach boys
getting jacked up prices due to skin colour
getting confused in different languages
daladalas
hip hop and R&B music
ugali
slow internet
having to pay for internet service
Indian or Swahili TV/advertisements
the garbage
people honking their horns
people being everywhere (i grew up in a small town)
swarms of flies wherever food is present
cold showers
my toilet being a hole in the ground
mosquitoes
mosquitoe nets
roosters
ugly cats
Things I'm looking forward to in Canada (nothing too crazy, just the simple stuff):
seeing my family and friends
speaking English to anyone
driving a car
listening to my music
hot showers
my bed
toilets
toasters
skiing and skating
soda being called pop
This will be my last blog before coming home to Canada for Christmas. See you all soon!
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