Breaking Up Reflections!

It’s flown by! Eight weeks ago today we were departing Heathrow Airport and wishing family farewell. A week of induction and seven weeks of teaching have followed. In this time we have settled into our new home and made new friends; got to know Mwanza with all its delights and all its foibles , seen some amazing sights and begun to explore further afield. We have settled into the expatriate community at Isamilo and in the wider Christian expat community of Mwanza. We have begun to settle into a church.

The children have made some good school friends and settled into school life. Graham has settled into teaching and the unexpectedness that comes from teaching ICT in a land where connectivity and power are inconsistent. He has started running again and is enjoying the social side of weekly Boy’s Night. Anita has made friendships in the wider community (both Tanzanian and expat) and her Kiswahili has come on leaps and bounds.

We have been on a camping trip with the school.

In so many ways UK life is a distant memory already.

The constant heat (wet or dry) is a reminder we are far from home along with the exotic bird life, reptiles and mammals. So ends our first half term here and in the main it has been great.
The week ahead should prove very exciting as we head North East for a Safari in Serengeti and Ngorogoro. We are hoping for some amazing experiences and fabulous pictures. It will also be a time for rest ahead of the next seven weeks.

Thanks to all who continue to read, like and follow this blog.

 

Below are some pictorial highlights from our first eight weeks in Tanzania.

Sunset from Kirumba

Cresent Moon at Tunza

Igombe Egrets

Sunset at Victoria

African Paradise Flycatcher

Grey Headed Kingfisher

Nighttime Fisher

Sunset at Tunza

Us at Dancing Rocks

Our House

Speckled Mousebirds

Maribu Stork

Lake Victoria

Touching Bismarck

Shoe Repair

White Browed Robin Chat

Chai and Chappatti

Pink Hibiscus

Rain

Dancing Rocks

St Dominic Annex Beach

Cuppa at St Dominic Annex Beach

Mwanza from Gold Crest

Mwanza City

View from Isamilo Lodge

Home

Infinity Pool

Chenile Plant

St Dominic Annex Beach

Boat at Papa’s

Walk

School Pool

Babbage Block

Agama

City Centre

Bougainevillia

Sunbird

Lakeside at St Dominic Annex Beach

Dhow on Victoria

Purple Grenadier

Bismarck Rock

Dragonfly

Waves at Sunset

Hamerkop

Vervet Monkey in the Tree

Heron at Lake Victoria

Ibis

Papa’s

Malakai Beach Resort