Mlendin' a Hand

While in Cess' village we got a chance to cook everyone's favorite TZ dish, Mlenda. Its basically a random smattering of green plants boiled together until you get the consistancy (and taste) of snot.

Here are some action packed pictures of the event...

 

Just doin' my part to help of course...

 

Con-Man mixin' it up...

  

Who's hungry?

  

 

To top of the wonderful feast of Mlenda. Cessie busted open a care package of marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate. Never before has a smore tasted so good!

Cheers,

Jayce

Mwamringa 'round the Rosie

So next stop was my village. Just outside, about 45 minutes from my house, are these gigantic rock formations. Just huge, scattered boulder piles everywhere. We went to the best one called Mwamringa.

Me, Cess, Con-Man, and my counterpart Issa, went up to the top to get an amazing panoramic view of both my village and Singida town. If you don't like rocks, you can stop reading now...

 

Cheers,

Jayce

THE GOAT!!!!!!

So here are some pics of our wonderful goat feast. Since I killed the chickens at Thanksgiving, it was Cessie's turn to take a stab at things. She did an awesome job...

Oh and did I mention that Connor is a professional cook? Man this food was amazing. For more pics, check out Cessie's blog, I'm sure she has more info on it. I just ate and did dishes...

 

Cessie saying her final goodbyes to BraAaAaAad...

 

Like a champ, you should see the video...

 

Gettin' all the goodies out...

 

Just another day in the Hanj...

  

Dead goat walking...

 

To be, or not to be...

Bet you'll never guess whats brewin' in here... BALLS!

That's right. The amazing chef Connor whipped up an amazing helping of Ball Hash! We had so much more food including ribs, stew, wonderful kebabs, but this was the only meal worth mentioning.

 

The aftermath. Cessie, how can you be so cruel...

 

And, of course, my obligatory picture making it seem like I had any part in this. Which, of course, I didn't. Hats off to Cess and Con-Man.

Cheers,

Jayce

Ihanja Visit: Part Deux

So we met up with a guy named Conner who was backpacking through TZ. We told him that if he wanted a real African experience then he should come visit our villages. We had a blast, we slaughtered a goat, he got a tribal name, and he experienced the amazing event that is traveling to Cessie's village.

 

Here is Cessie's wonderful bus. Thankfully got us there in one piece...

 

We rode this all the way out to Cessie's well to fetch a pail of water.

 

Working the well...

 

Such a cute couple...

 

You can see the rains coming from across the way, pretty cool sight.

 Main St.

 

Big Pimpin...

 

C Teaching the kids how to climb on her rock rings.

 

The man in white used to be the chief of Ihanja. Hes a complete badass...

 

Me, Canadian Connor, and some kids...

Cessie's counterpart Beatrice, I prefer to call her Big B.

 

  

Frosting Cessie's ridiculously good cinnamon rolls...

  

School kids sitting on Cessie's wall...

Next stop, my village!

Cheers,

Jayce

New Years 2010

So we had an amazing new years. We were able to head to Dar Es Salaam for a couple days and have a great getaway. We met an ex-pat named Mark who hooked us up! He got us into the Dar Es Salaam Yacht Club (yeah they have one) new years celebration dinner. It was the first time I've dressed up in a long time.