Saturday, June 26, 2010

Sun sun sun!

Hello!

This week we've mainly worked at the office. On Monday we visited three more villages and the rest of the week we spent working on the reports. What makes working at the office interesting are the cows and chicken trying to get into the building :P Irene was sick with a mysterious tropical disease and stayed home for a few days checking out the walls. Now the antibiotics are gone and can be replaced with something more refreshing :D

Today, we decided to go to the beach. For the whole day. Now we know this was a bad idea. We have some pictures but they aren't good for publishing. In short, we can't really be called mzungus anymore because of our new complexion.

Next week some more villages and Jozani forest reserve!


Irene, Kaisa and Elina

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Working with the project

Hi!

The first week has passed by at work. It was very interesting to visit the villages, and there are still three more to visit on monday. People in the villages have been very friendly and happy about the LIVEproject. Some of them have relatively small hindrances from better production, and some have bigger ones as in Kiwengwa the road construction and getting a generator. Yesterday we went to the caves, and they were fascinating, but bats and spiders were a little bit scary.

In two days we have been accompanied by Abo Akademi student Elias, who is writing an article about biodiversity. Unfortunately we didn't see the Red Colobus monkey yesterday when at Kiwengwa. The staff in DCCFF has been great and they have been very patient in translating our questions and the answers.

In our freetime we have gone to the beach and swam in the salty but warm Indian Ocean. The tides are unpredictable for us, so sometimes when we go there, the water is far away from the beach.

To be continued...

Elina, Kasa and Irene

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Mambo!

Greetings from Zanzibar! It's hot, moist and amazing. We arrived a couple of days ago and so far we've just been adjusting to the weather, culture and people. We've been walking around Stonetown and enjoyed (sometimes cursed too) the sun and the extremely hot weather. The soccer worldcup has started in SA and it shows: people are sitting and cheering in almost every corner of the labyrinth of Stonetown. Work starts tomorrow, more news will follow.

Hakuna matata!


Irene, Kaisa na Elina