Dinner at the Kara's

One of the coolest things that happened while in Dodoma was meeting up with some fellow Canadians - The Kara family. Maniz and Fatima run the local mini-mart just past the main round about, located on the left (at the petrol station). We discovered that although growing up in Tz they both lived in Canada and met at the mosque in Markham, Ontario. They subsequently married and moved back to Dodoma to start the mini-mart. They have 2 adorable girls (Yashne and Inaara) who go to the local international school in behind the hotel. After a few conversations and then meeting them at the pizzeria we were invited to their house for dinner (all 10 of us!!!!). We headed over Saturday night and had a wonderful night of stories, amazing indian food, the Sony channel (Indian) and listening to the girls chat on about school and camp activities. The best part was after dessert the girls put on a fabulous dance to some traditional Indian music….what a blast! I found it incredibly kind of the Kara’s to feed all 10 of us and I know that everyone had a fantastic night! Many thanks goes out to them for a fabulous evening.