Part 2 of Bear Grylls

Ok so for part 2, I will cover today. Like I said, we woke up in tents in the African bush basically, freezing our butts off in the cold African weather. After getting all the kids out of the tents and getting dressed and ready, we walked into the house for breakfast. No eggs and waffles for us though. We had chipati (like a friend pancake-type thing) with carrot bits and a touch of onion, as well as bananas cooked with goat meat (pretty good actually) and some coffee and some regular bananas. Oh, and potatoes. I've had so many potatoes fried in grease in the past week that even thinking about them makes me sick. So we hung out for a bit and talked about the night and whatever, then we started school per usual. Sorry I don't talk about the school stuff very much, but by this point, it's pretty much the same every day. My class is working through A, E, I, O, and U sounds, while my moms is doing stuff like civics and making up songs for Matonyok. I don't know what Amy's class is focusing on, but there are only 4 kids in there. Ashton is with me and the 20 little kids, some of which have literally peed on the floor. So school happened, and we left before lunch to go see about ordering some desks. Oh and on the way the trusty Land Rover we've been taking to the road ran out of gas, so we walked the rest of the way. So the desks. Amy and Ashton raised about $2,500 through donations (thanks everyone!) which we have decided to spend on, among other things, several desks for Matonyok. We went with Mike and Nosim to a woodshop, and ordered 4 double desks for TZS 20,000 each (thats like 20 bucks a piece. Sweet!). They will give the kids something to write on and something to sit at, as well as peace of mind for us. After dealing with the wood stuff, we and Mike and Nosim hopped on a dalla-dalla to ride to the "snake park" (it has a real name, but I don't know it). Basically it's a reptile zoo. Also, it's very far away. The dalla-dalla ride took about 30 minutes, although it felt like 3 hours, and it was packed the whole way until we got to a Maasai market, where many people got off. We got to the snake park and ordered our lunch, which they make as you walk around. We saw a whole bunch of snakes, big and small, poisonous and not, as well as birds of prey, crocodiles, and turtles. We got to hold a baby crocodile and a non-venomous snake, both of which were really neat (Amy and my mom refused). After that we sat down for lunch (cheeseburgers, but like African-ish...not extremely good). After our lunch, we went to the other 2 features of the "park." First, we rode camels. Yeah...we rode camels. I'd never ridden a camel before, but first off, those things are huge. Second, when it stands up and when it sits down, you almost fall off, especially when there is a Maasai dude smacking it's leg with a stick. Sweet life. From the tops of the camels we could see over the wall into yet another Maasai market (these guys don't mess around) where they were dealing with all kinds of food and livestock. After the camel ride we went to the final feature, a Maasai museum. You basically walk through the lives of Maasai. It's really cool, although the sculptures of people look like zombie/aliens/Maasai...weird. Oh and there was a display of how they circumcise people. Yeah. So after that we were done with the snake park. We hopped on a dalla-dalla to head back. Oh but this dalla-dalla was like a Rolls-Royce dalla-dalla. Since it was such a long way from the snake park to Arusha, they have big, almost RV-sized things to take you back. We stopped at the market to pick up more people, and whatdoyaknow, a guy got on with like 7 chickens. Seriously, live chickens. So that happened. The guy sitting next to Amy and Ashton said that he's been on when there have been goats. I bet they put cows on there too, knowing the Maasai. Crazy African nomads. The dalla dalla ride was long, but at least it was comfortable. Oh I forgot to mention that at the Maasai museum thing, my mom bought a stool. Literally, a stool, but a special, stumpy, Maasai stool. I don't know how we are getting it back. So the dalla dalla. Mike and Nosim got off at their stop, and all of us wazungu got off at ours. We walked back to the hotel, stopped at Dolly's for a doughnut (why not), and then finally got back to having a roof over our heads. For dinner...like I said...PIZZA! It wasn't the best, but hey...it's pizza. After I write this I'm going to take a shower, then I am chilling for the rest of the night. All the American students have just arrived in here, and I hate that. So I'm out. Kwa heri.