Day Ten—Bukoba (5/30)
This morning was heralded in by another storm, which was nice, because it made it a bit cooler out. We went into town to buy meat (nyama) and onions (kitunuguu) at the market. The meat is sold hanging from hooks with no protection from flies landing on it, with nothing to keep it cool – we were pretty grossed out, actually. We purposely bought our nyama in the morning so that we could get it home while it was still fresh, and promptly put it in the freezer until we were ready to cook with it. James and Jenna made it into a delicious stew which we’ll eat for dinner tomorrow!
We also went watch shopping for Laura (she doesn’t have a phone here and didn’t come with a watch, and not knowing what time it was was driving her crazy!). After going to four different shops, we finally found one that sold watches. Some of us went to the internet café again today. We also sat out on the beach and relaxed, which resulted in some crazy sunburns! We’ll be smarter about the sunscreen next time.
For dinner we went out to a famous restaurant located near the hospital for chips mayai, a delicious Tanzanian dish, essentially an omelet with french fries inside. We plan on making chips mayai for ourselves sometime!