Catch Up Time Extreme

So I have been away from the computer for a very long time, and have so much to catch up on. So I'm going to give it in SparkNotes form, so that you can just skim through it. By the way, the marriage proposal day is going to go in its own blog above. :)

DRIVE TO ARUSHA

-Saw a whole bunch of villages selling food in the center with many people comin by. (Lots of Safarites)

-Had to stop for a giraffe crossing the road.

-Almost got ripped off at a tourist trap. They kept saying "trust us" (shudder)

-People who did not get their passports stamped just gave their passports and $50 to the bus driver who disappeared for 30 minutes. (Sketchy)

Bus Stop in Arusha to Moshi

-Next day we get on the bus to go to Ismilie's village.

-We get to the bus place with a whole bunch of busses and we get surrounded by about 50 people..

-We keep bartering until we get our bus price down to $1 to get to Moshi.

-In the bus all of us sat in the back, so all the white people were in the back (people are scared of us).

-Vendors would hold up giant cardboard displays of the cheapest goods (like toy plastic cell phones) for people to buy on the bus.

-On our drive we saw many farms which were so fun looking and many worn down shaqs that look very hazardous to live in.

-At Moshi there are a lot more vendors and buses.

-One guy was selling Safari hats.

-The man in front of me buys a cell phone, and then right before the trip, he gives it back. So sketchy.

-We head to Mongua

Mongua

-Mongua is basicly a bus stop location with 5 shops around it. We stopped here because we needed a van that went out of its way to get to the remote village of Kyrangia (also known as Ismilie's village).

-I go peeing in the back, and see a giant farm which was very tranquil. I pee on a tree, and I'm pretty