Saturday I biked with Uncle Erik from his house to Erik Mdogo's house, almost 70 km round trip! He asked if I wanted to ride tandem or my own bike, and without much hesitation I picked the tandem so he couldn't leave me in the dust!! We got a lot of comments as we rode along, partly because we are white, but mostly because it is the only tandem bike in TZ. It was a lot of fun and I was only moderately sore the next day :) Erik Mdogo built a "cob house" made from mud and rice husks, pounded down so hard it's like cement. The second story was reached by a ladder and he had recently installed solar electricty and had a solar water tank outside. It was very cool.
Sunday morning before the wedding I had my hair braided at a local "saloon". Bernice assured me it wouldn't take long, but over 3 hours later it was finally done! I'll try to add a picture later :) The wedding lasted the whole day and into the night. I left early since the reception (at least the first reception) was in walking distance of the house so I went home and enjoyed my book.
Bernice, Nashesha, and Erik at the wedding reception
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Tanzanian weddings! We had to have two receptions. The second one was pretty lively. Within 10 minutes half the people were on the dance floor. I left at midnight but was woken up at 3am with someone needing a couch to sleep on.
I'm waiting for the banner across the main drag in Arusha, with Erik and Uncle dancing, and also of Kari and Shesha in their braids! Sounds like much fun!
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