"Living a truly ethical life, putting the needs of others first, and providing for their happiness has tremendous implications for society." -Dalai Lama

"Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us." -Sargent Shriver

Friday, November 25, 2011

Holidays in Africa

So holidays are always though in Africa.  Being far away from family and friends just takes away some of the spirit.  Luckily, I am surrounded by a group of amazing friends that have morphed into some strange hodge-podge family. 
Halloween: For Halloween, we all gathered at a volunteer's house in our region.  We all worked on our costumes and most were Tanzanian themed.  We hung out, played games, and ate (as usual).
Its me...Ghee!! Love dressing up as other people.

Voodoo Priestess

Cashew Nut

Chili bottle...as seen at every bar in Tanzania

Primary School Student

Bus Stand Hard Boiled egg Salesman...and yes, thats an exact title

Creepy dude?
Overall, it was a pretty big success and fun to celebrate in a somewhat normal style.

Now Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday and it just kills me to not have the normal fixins.  Because our region is awesome though, we had almost a perfect Thanksgiving dinner.  We all helped out and actually had the normal turkey (killed that morning), dressing, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy and some other awesome sides.  As per a usual Thanksgiving dinner, I completely over ate and was miserable, but it was completely worth it.  Ben and I also got a red velvet birthday cake.  It all made me pretty darn happy.

Dinner has arrived!



Thanksgiving Mtwara style


Fortunately, I will be spending Christmas with my family!  That's right people, I'll be back in 'Merica from Dec. 13th to Jan. 2nd.  I cannot wait to see friends and family and stop sweating for a bit. 

Peace out folks!

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