Grr…..experiencing blogger’s frustration of having intermittent internet connection at the hotel so multiple updates will be happening at the same time.
Friday was the only day that we worked from the hotel for the entire day. This proved to be a good strategy since we really needed to limit the interruptions and focus on grinding out key documentation to meet our final deliverables – this last week is looming over us and I think a few of us are feeling mixed emotions. We are definitely feeling the panic set in to get the work done and leave feeling that it is a solid state for the next group but we are also starting to feel that it will be sad for our time together on the project to be over. Its been an amazing IBM group to work with but we have also met so many wonderful Tanzanians from the University and from Dodoma town. In any case, we accomplished what we set out to do for the day and just hung out at the hotel that night playing euchre later on in the evening. Everyone is getting so good that new euchre champs keep emerging. Naturally, the appropriate level of friendly gloating and berating of lesser card players is happening…as it should be between friends.
Mathias ( our main man from the New Dodoma Hotel) tried to help us arrange transportation from the hotel on Saturday for our yet to be determined road trip destination (we were torn between the local Bihawana mountain climb and the longer haul to Mpwapwa and Kongoa to see some villages. Didn’t exactly work out as planned as we find out…due to some sort of Tanzanian/Canadian miscommunication….
Friday was the only day that we worked from the hotel for the entire day. This proved to be a good strategy since we really needed to limit the interruptions and focus on grinding out key documentation to meet our final deliverables – this last week is looming over us and I think a few of us are feeling mixed emotions. We are definitely feeling the panic set in to get the work done and leave feeling that it is a solid state for the next group but we are also starting to feel that it will be sad for our time together on the project to be over. Its been an amazing IBM group to work with but we have also met so many wonderful Tanzanians from the University and from Dodoma town. In any case, we accomplished what we set out to do for the day and just hung out at the hotel that night playing euchre later on in the evening. Everyone is getting so good that new euchre champs keep emerging. Naturally, the appropriate level of friendly gloating and berating of lesser card players is happening…as it should be between friends.
Mathias ( our main man from the New Dodoma Hotel) tried to help us arrange transportation from the hotel on Saturday for our yet to be determined road trip destination (we were torn between the local Bihawana mountain climb and the longer haul to Mpwapwa and Kongoa to see some villages. Didn’t exactly work out as planned as we find out…due to some sort of Tanzanian/Canadian miscommunication….
Great blogs......you are an awesome writer.
ReplyDeleteBut I can't believe you were that close to a wild lion (Grumpy Simba pic)and you didn't mention it!!!....or is that just run of the mill over there?
We managed to get fairly close but we were breaking the park rules so we were not allowed to stay watching the lion for too long at this point however, when we went to sleep in our lodge rooms we heard a lion roar twice and it sounded pretty darn close...very nerve wracking!...apparently there are about 300 lions in Mikumi park.
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