Five days have pasted since we arrived at the small village Nkinga, this is where we will stay until the end of November. It seems like quite a long time right now but the time will probably fly by...
To come here we took the bus from Arusha, it took 11 hours. The bus was crowded, it was very warm (over 30 degrees) but it could have been worse... For example, we did not receive much african massage since the roads were fairly good.
Everything in Nkinga is quite different from Sweden. It is a small town with about 14 000 inhabitants, there are no supermarkets and our shower has only one stream. We have our own house and a maid, the avocados are huge and the personnel at the hospital has been very nice to us. They are very keen on giving us a good stay.
Here are some photos from our house which is close to the hospital:
Our small house.
Our bedroom with the mosquito nets.
Standing in the living room in our working clothes.
The tanzanians are relaxed, very relaxed one might say since it took more than one hour just to buy a SIM-card for the mobile broadband. When we where waiting, a guy gave us some comforting words; "You will get used to it.."
As soon as we leave our small house we are watched and glared at, it is an understatement to say that we stick out from the rest of the population in this small town. Children are calling "mzungo" after us, it means white person... And yes we are white and we will probably still be white when we are coming back to Sweden. There is really no time for sunbathing, we are at the different wards during the day and when we come home, we either work with the project or try to get into contact with you guys!
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