Elizabeth and Hannah have been gone for four days doing the loop (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda). I should have gone, because I'm bored as can be in Dar right now. I also have Hannah's computer for the week, meaning I've been spending way too much time by myself, althoguh I have managed to watch all but two episodes of The Hills. Streaming is hard work!
Once I discovered the joy of buying media illegally off the streets, I haven't really been able to stop. So yesterday I pried myself off the computer and set out for Kariakoo in search of The Bourne Trilogy (although I only came back with the complete Leonardo DiCaprio collection, don't ask me how this happened). I have no problem gettingm yself to Kariakoo, since all I have to do is get on the bus that says KARIAKOO!, but Kariakoo itself is big, dirty, and wildly intimidating market and after one step in I was completely dioriented and had absolutely no idea how to get out. I found the center and then walked outwards in concentric circles for a while until I finally stumbled across a DVD store, bought the goods, and then spent an hour trying to get out. Once I finally hit a main road I had no idea which side of it I was on, so I just hopped on a dala dala. As luck would have it, it was going in the completely opposite direction from campus so I ended up at the beach somewhere and when the dalla dalla emptied I was the only one sitting. It took me four dala dalas to get back to Ubungo, and I was so relieved to get on the bus back to school that I fell asleep as soon as I got on it. You know how sometimes dala dalas randomly change direction with no prior indication that they're going to do that? Mine did, and I woke up to find myself in the bush somewhere. I decided not to tempt fate again and end up in Congo this time, so I just hiked through a small jungle for forty-five minutes. Then I watched a lot of Leonardo Dicaprio and felt better.
Today is gorgeous but I'm frustrated with myself and Dar, me for not doing anything and Dar for not having anything to do. I need to at least eat something, because it is 2:30 and I have not done that yet today, but I'm 8 flights up and once I go down I'm only coming back up once. It's hot, don't judge me. Actually, Steers (South Africa McDonald's) just opened close to campus, and I think I will do that. Maybe I will go see a movie, and just kind of wait for Alex Good to get here in two weeks.
I like East Africa, but I don't like sitting in Dar. Blah!
Oh, and America.
LOVE: New Britney, Kanye, and that Pretty Rickie / Sean Paul song.
HATE: MC postponing her album release (tease!)
MISS: wearing shorts. God, you have no idea. Upon my return I will never wear pants again. Ever.
3 comments:
I guess your sense of direction is about the same as when you were 16 and heading north on Covington Pike on the way home from the Mt. Moriah Honda dealership. You have a good excuse this time, so far away. Love you!
Mrs. Bode, the problem is so much worse than that! Try going the wrong way on Poplar Ave. And I mean the wrong way as in THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. Oh, and all those lovely drives through Mississippi we've had. I-55 is so confusing, except not at all!
I love Jessica!
When I'm bored in London a quick trip to the pub does the trick. I'd imagine that in Dar there are lots of nice bars along the water. If so, go there.
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