Three days have passed since the weekend ended, still we would very much like to tell you about it since we had a very nice weekend. We woke up incredible early on Saturday morning. The reason for this was that we had decided to visit The Monkey Mountain. Isn’t that a hilarious name? We were to walk the 3 kilometres to the mountain, so we had to wake up really early since we did not want to melt in the sun. Usually it is over 30 degrees during the day so we try to stay inside during the hottest hours.
Maggan and four newly arrived nursing students from Sweden came with us, or maybe we came with them… Anyway it was very nice with company and we enjoyed the beautiful Tanzanian environment during the walk.
Someone’s house…
We met these young boys during the walk. They were carrying wood to build fences.
Who is surprised to hear that this is the Toothbrush bush?
The magnificent and gigantic Baobab tree.
The gorgeous flowers of the Baobab tree.
Finally there, The Monkey Mountain did not live up to its name; we did not see any monkeys. But we lay down on the cliffs, had a “fika” and enjoyed the tolerably hot morning sun.
The view from The Monkey Mountain.
We took a walk to the market later in the afternoon to see what it could offer. It was filled with fabrics of various colours and patterns. We bought some fabrics and we have grand plans for them! In addition there were a lot of second hand clothes (maybe from Sweden?) that they sold for practically nothing.
Around the corner of this market is the food market, which is where the farmers come with their vegetables, fruits and everything else eatable they want to sell. Look at these creepy dried fish:
Hope you guys had a good weekend as well! XoXo
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