Okay I will try and compile these last couple of days all into one. It may be long though, so take this as your warning.
So for my bus ride!
the bus ride is normally about 10 hours, and we stop once for food and to pee. So I thought I would be smart and drink lots the day before to keep myself hydrated so I wouldn't have to drink alot on the bus and therefore not have to make the bus stop for me to pee...a certain someone I know did this hahaha! Either way in drinking so much I woke up at 3am to pee, and then simply couldn't fall back asleep so at 5 I got out of bed and showered, I was at the bus stop by 6. (Also for anyone who doesn't know, the time difference is 8 hours, and I am in the future compared to back home) So the bus left at 6:20 and got to Ubongo the main bus station, and left at 7. The ride was absolutely gorgeous, and I could hardly take my eyes off the windows, I think I forgot to blink quite alot lol. The landscape and the scenery has been the main thing, that has truly made me feel like I am here in Africa. A city is just a city to a point, but the terrain and landscape is one of a kind. Truly amazing to see all of the villages made with literally next to nothing, and mind-boggling to understand how these people actually sustain themselves in any way, these really are the people who survive on less than a dollar a day. We stopped to pee and eat, and I experienced my very first hole in the ground toilet!
I then came to the conclusion that after doing that for a full month is Maasai, I'm probably going to have the best thighs I ever will in my life. Lol sorry if that was too much info for some people, its just a simple fact.
After the bus ride which took almost exactly 10 hours, which is apparently quite amazing for those buses...guess I have good bus luck, lets hope it stays that way.
We arrived in Arusha in the early evening and was met by Eliza the volunteer house manager and Michael the driver...who is the funniest and most ridiculous person I have met here thus far. We drove up to the house compound. Haha and the first couple minutes in the house can best be described as overwhelming.
And....I'm sorry to leave you on that note, but I have to go because it's almost dark here, and it's not really safe to be out in the dark, but I'll finish up as soon as I can. The Volunteer house is great though, so a good overwhelming, not a bad one! :)
Cheers!
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