Tarime Details

Life in Africa is never successfully preplanned! You never know what's actually going to happen after you get up in the morning. You can fairly accurately predict things will run much later than when you've been told they will happen and that at any moment someone will show up and tell you they need you to go somewhere or do something right away. Thankfully, Nate and Kate field most of these scheduling details right now.
Living in Tarime, we are about 5000 feet above sea level. This helps us avoid blazing hot temperatures, and we usually only wear a jacket if it rains. Generally, it rains sometime every afternoon and sometimes at night. It's rather pleasant to fall asleep with the sound of raindrops on the metal roof.
Days when we have both water and electricity 24 hours straight are rare, and we've learned to be thankful if that happens. Sometimes I try to remember what a warm shower or a soak in a warm tub feels like, but there will be plenty of time for that when I get home.
Unusual incidents happen all the time here in Tarime. For instance, yesterday a car hit a cow which knocked a woman unconscious into a cement storm ditch. Our Australian firend, Chris, and his ambulance driver happened by and took the woman to the hospital.
Actually, I'm amazed we don't have more pedestrian injuries here. Goats, piki pikis, buses, cars, trucks, people, and bovines share the roads. Many vechiles use their horns instead of their breaks. Riding or walking, getting from place to place is always an adventure here!
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