A Tanzanian Adventure

Today, Jordan is having quite the Tanzanian adventure!  He's with Dave and Musa and they have been driving all day from Northern Tanzania to Southern Tanzania.  They're in a van.  And Jordan said they have been stopped four times at checkpoints that the Tanzanian police set up along the roads there (kind of like they do in Mexico).  I talked to him last night, which was around 8:30am Tuesday morning for him, but the service was spotty because they were already on the road.  So I talked to him again this morning, which was around 6pm his time, and they were still on the road!  They literally have been driving ALL day!!

This just popped into my head - it's pretty funny:  I forgot to mention that when Jordan and Musa went to the orphanage on Sunday all the kids were yelling "Muzungu, Muzungu!" at Jordan.  That mean's "white person" and I guess they all were yelling it while they were running toward the car!  Isn't that hilarious!?  I think so...

Ok, so back to the adventure - Jordan said they overheated their engine once after they got to the top of a very steep and long hill, so they had to stop for about 15 minutes and let it cool down.  He also said that they drove through one of the National Parks in Tanania, and he got to see giraffes, impalas, zebras, elephants, and more!!  How cool is that??  He said the giraffes were right next to the road, so I'm sure he got some amazing pictures of that!  He's hoping (and I am too) that he will see a lion on the way back to Moshi in two days (yep, they have to make the same drive back in two days).

Another funny thing he said is that he LOVES the bananas over there!  Seriously.  He said he has eater three already today, and was planning on having his fourth when we got off the phone!  Isn't that silly?  He wasn't sure what it was, probably just that they are completely organic and tree-ripened.  Whatever it is, he's obsessed with them!

I think that's about it...we didn't chat for too long because he was still on the road.  But he thought they were only about 30 minutes from their destination, so they should be arriving soon.  I didn't get to talk to him about what it was like at the orphanage where we support the kids, but I'm sure it was amazing and I know he'll have amazing photos to share.

More updates to come...love you all and thanks for reading!