Kenya, Zambia, and Bungee Jumping

I have failed on the blog recently, but now I have a few minutes so I'll try and catch myself up. The last 2 weeks I spent in Kenya with my professor. It was really amazing living off the land in the middle of no where. We had solar power and a charcoal fridge. There were giraffes and elephants roaming the property, as well with a lot of cattle and Masai. I was inspired to go into research of the Dik-dik, a small antelope, due to questions about its taxonomic grouping...we'll see.

Last week was pretty much travel. 9 hours from Nairobi to Moshi, 8 hrs to Dar, 48 hr train to Kipiri-Mposhi (Zambia), 4 hr bus to Lusaka, 8 hr bus to Livingstone...and this morning we went to see Victoria Falls! so it was all worth it :D and I conquered my fear of heights by going bungee jumping. It was absolutely amazing and magical and crazy. You are falling for 111m in the mist of the most powerful falls in the world. Also, the bridge is on the boarder of Zambia and Zimbabwe, so technically you are in no mans land and the jump is right next to this painted line that divides the two countries. Its funny as well, cause there are people everywhere trying to sell you Zimbabwean dollars...of which I bought 100 trillion...for $1. Its crazy to hold an actual printed note that says a trillion dollars...though now they have officially changed to the american dollar, so life is a little more stable, hopefully.

Tomorrow or Monday we head off for the 2 day journey to Malawi, where we will be able to move much slower on our return towards Dar in Tanzania. My time is winding down here and I am trying to make the most of it! Oh, and when I say we, my traveling team for the moment is me, Shannon-Canada, and Luther-Australia. Its another strange batch of English!

I'll try and write again before I get home, but only 3 weeks to go, so maybe not. Home July 1st!