When we applied for the program, we were instructed to get
tourist visas. This was apparently not true though and we were supposed to get
student visas. Since we didn’t have student visas and we didn’t yet have our
resident permits, we were told that we weren’t allowed to have class. We ended
up not having class for a whole week. We joked a lot about being deported since
the immigration officers would randomly come to make sure that we weren’t in
class. Our resident permits were soon complete though and I am now a resident
of Tanzania! I can officially live here until February 2016!!
On one of the days where we didn’t have class, Paulo took us
to this beautiful Stone Age sight called Isimila. We got to see these beautiful
natural creations in a valley. It was almost like a mini grand canyon I though.
It was absolutely beautiful. We got to hike down into it and walk all
throughout the valley. We also saw some really cool lizards there that I now
see all over the place! The male lizards are an incredible blue.
The university of Iringa is surrounded by a lot of mountains
with large rocks on them. One Saturday, Renee, Julia and I decided to go hiking
in them. Renee had gone the day before with her roommates and said that there
were some really cool rocks you could hike up to that had some amazing views of
Iringa. Although it was hot, and jeans aren’t exactly the best things to hike
in, the views at the end of the hike were great!
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