Clearly I am a novice blogger. Yes, I have tried to make several updates over the last 2 weeks and failed...hopefully now I have it right.

Leaving for Tanzania today...no more sleeps! This is it. The good thing is that I am much more calm today than yesterday. Suffice it to say I was bouncing off the walls yesterday hoping I had everything set up and ready to go and running last minute errands.

We had our last team call on Tuesday and most of the team is travelling today and we will meet up in Dar Es Salaam on Friday night. This will be the first time any of us have met in person.

The weather in Dodoma is about 27 degress Celsius with a chance of showers Friday. We have a bus set up to take us the 6 hour journey to Dodoma on Sunday (chance of thunder showers)...should be an interesting ride. I hear the road to Dodoma is pretty good.

Have had many of you help me out to get ready for this trip. So thanks to all of you who either provided me with documentation on requirements gathering, gave me tips about travelling in Tanzania or simply helped me stay sane and focused on what I needed to get done.

cheers....next note is coming from TZ.