The dance crew and the ladies!
Elizabeth, Fabia, Michelle and one of the delicious burgers hooked up by Victor.
Tanzanians are big on gifts at parties which I appreciated very much. I got a lot of traditional fabric to get some dresses, skirts, purses, etc. made.
ICTR friends.
Beautiful smiles!!! Look at Lago's straight, white teeth!
Representing IPCR! thanks ladies for a great party:)
Our friend Seriely who's wife just had a baby that we wants us to name. Talk about pressure.
Our funny French friend, Michel, from the ICTR!
Me and Diana, another intern at the ICTR.
Me, Melissa, Pamela and Michael.
2 of the house ladies at our apartments looking all jazzy!
Divas!
Me, Michael and Novica who is from Bosnia and always has something inspirational to say although the stories tend to be a bit lengthy.
Michelle and her infamous funny face!
My birthday this year was celebrated in grand Tanzanian style at the Arusha Institute with the help of our Rafiki Alfred. He has connections so we did not have to pay a rental fee, just a small fee per person that attended the party. Our idea was to invite everyone we had met here so far for a nice get together where people could just chill and enjoy themselves. We invited an array of people from the ladies we buy our fruit from, to the house ladies and guards that work at our apartments, the guards at the ATM, other interns and people at the ICTR, our professor and of course the usual IPCR crew. We ended having about 50 people attend the party and it was great. Alfred's homeboy, Victor who is a chef, hooked up some beef kabobs, burgers, chicken, salad, potatoes, and bananas. And the party didn't stop just because the power went (even though we were reassured by the club contact person that the power never goes out on Sat. but TIL- This is Life:) People continued to talk, eat and enjoy themselves. We are had a performance from the local dance group called "contagious" who do hip hop and breakdancing. They performed by candle light without music and were still the bomb. The party ended about 9pm with people still filing in up until the last minute. It was a great day and I appreciate all my girls here (Melissa, Eunice, Shoko, Victoria, and Michelle) for making it special. I never knew getting older could be so much fun!
The party wouldn't be complete without Rodley- our professor's son:)
Our friends that guard the ATM we frequent, when it is working.
Dance performance by "Contagious" a local dance hip hop/breakdance crew. They represented even without music:)
My PEACE sign birthday cake. Amani!
Our friend Lei Lei who we buy all our fresh fruit and veggies from.
