Nov. 7, 2007 – Tanzania – Ngare Sero Lodge – Common Living Room – 10am
I relaxed all day long, watching black monkeys frolicking in the trees and listening to the birds singing, the cows mooing, the donkeys braying, the roosters cockadoodledooing, and the shirtless chocolate-colored men chopping wood. I watched women in colorful sarongs and head wraps singing to themselves as they carried buckets of fresh water from the nearby lake, and as they gardened, cleaned rooms and washed the dishes. I observed delivery people walk up and down a path all day, coming and going – this one delivering eggs, that one, milk, the next one fresh fruits, the next buckets of water, then later the mailman and several others with packages in hand. And when Stacia and I are around, the two Dobermans run towards them, barking and drooling to make sure they behave while on the premises. I’m glad I’m on this side of the fence for a change.