Dar es Salaam

after 33 hours of travel, we made it here. it was long. my butt hurt a lot. but we made it. tanzania had no customs so that made it easier. all my bags made it. so for the most part it was really good. we started our training. they're trying to ease us into it. right now we're staying at a catholic center that functions as a kind of univeristy so it has dorms and we're staying there. its actually pretty sweet. i get my own room with a mosquito net and fan. we've been introduced to a lot of the staff and they're all testing our swahili. its not great. lets be real. it didn't go well. but all the tanzanians are REALLY welcoming. i think i like it here. all the current volunteers tell us that training is the worse part so just brace yourself and try to get through it. the real training, the hard kind, starts on monday. thats when we start language training and job training. i'm actually still waiting to see what my volunteer sector is. it was supposed to be environment but it may turn out to be health. i'm waiting to see. all the little kids are curious about the crazy group of 49 white people that don't speak any swahili and travel in herds. thats it for now. i've got like 15 other trainees waiting for computer time.