Raymond's last day working for us was Saturday but he came back this morning for a coffee and a 3 hour visit. He will drive back across the Serengeti tomorrow after picking up a load of fresh fish to deliver to Arusha. To us he now feels like a member of our families. We are sad to finally part. He taught us so much not only about the animals and parks, but about himself and the people of Africa. We could not have had a better guide.
The ladies from the Women's group we visited on Thursday dropped in to deliver hand made baskets that we bought from them. We will be bringing 30 back to Canada.
As a thank you to the people who helped with our Thursday tour we hosted a dinner party at our hotel. In attendance were Benny and his wife Adelika from the ministry of Ag college; Dinah who is from Minnedosa and does rural development volunteer work here; Josh who is a young man from Brandon now working for NGO on renewable energy; Josh's new bride, Letti who is a seamstress; and the 4 of us. A greatly informative and entertaining evening with no shortage of topics of conversation and the ever present football (soccer) game in the background. A great way to conclude our Mwanza stay.
I think I see a new outfit, Krista. Were you shopping?
ReplyDeleteLooks like you met lots of interesting people. But how are you going to get 30 baskets back home!?!
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