Our 1st day!

The flight was wonderful. Had quite a bit of turbulence on the second flight, but it was actually quite nice.
I will try to explain what it is like here, but I know that if you want the full picture you will have to come for a visit!! The smell was the first thing that I noticed when walking off the plane. It is very intense, but not necessarily a bad smell. The traffic is amazing. No speed limits, everyone just goes the pace that he can. Motorcycles riding on the yellow lines. Buses and cars getting as close as they possibly can to each other without touching. People walking amongst the cars when they are traveling at a snail's pace. When traffic is going fast, people are seen as just roadblocks and the people are the ones who have to stay out of the way. Lots of Muslims...heard the Muslim call to prayer during dinner. We are staying at Soma Biblia (read the bible) and it is very clean. Everything feels slightly grimy. Whether that is from the slight humidity or whether they can't get everything washed clean, I am not sure. Big black ants and microscopic ants climbing on the table and floor. We had a delicious dinner of steamed broccoli and cauliflower. Fish with curry sauce on it......YUM!!! I could have eaten all the fish!!! Baked potatoes with butter on it. Avocados are very different tasting compared to ours. The Watermelon is very different looking compared to ours. It wasn't quite ripe, so I will have to see if it looks more like ours when it is fully ripe. African ice cream bars are the best!!! I think that they are better then American Ice cream bars!! Luggage piled high in our room. We have two rooms set aside for us. Aunt Terese and Uncle Mike are going to sleep in one room. All the luggage and the kids are going to sleep in the other room. I know that this barely scrapes all that we have seen and heard today, but I will try to fill you in more tomorrow.
We are enjoying the warmth!! We are heading to White Sands tomorrow. (Indian Ocean)
Then we are going souvenir shopping the next day. Sunday we are picking up a piece of
luggage that got left in London and then moving out towards the Rukwa valley. Jordan