First of all I would like to explain the title of my blog, since most of you are probably wondering what in the world it says. While in Zanzibar I will be taking a beginners’ class and learning Kiswahili. Kisiwa Kwachu means "Island Fun" in Kiswahili, which I hope to have lots of while in Zanzibar :) I have been browsing my pocket Kiswahili-English dictionary trying to learn some useful phrases and I also found out that the word for lion is simba (wow Disney, that’s creative!).
I leave from Dulles Airport tomorrow night around 10pm. I am taking a group flight with other people that are in my program (my program consists of 14 other American students from all over the US.) I have a 7 hour flight to Heathrow-London, and then once I am there I have an 8 hour lay-over. Hopefully I can find something fun to do there ( I am not sure if I will be able to leave the airport). At least I will get to know the other students in my program. From London I then have an 8 1/2 hour flight to Nairobi, Kenya with a 2 hour layover. And finally I take a 2 hour flight to ...... ZANZIBAR, Tanzania!!!! So hopefully I will arrive in Zanzibar on Wednesday morning, at which point I will want to take a 12 hour nap but will probably be thrown into orientation events.
I will begin with an orientation in Stone Town, followed by the beginning of Kiswahili language training at a nearby beach village. Kiswahili classes will continue for another two weeks in Stone Town where I will be staying with a Swahili family. At the same time, I will be attending lectures at the Institute of Marine Sciences working on various observation assignments, and traveling on short field trips. I am not sure what my schedule will be after that, but I know that I will be going on several excursions in Zanzibar, Pemba Island, the other large island in the Zanzibar archipelago, and to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city. The last month I will be working on my Independent Study Project (I am hoping to study bioeroding sponges in coral reefs ).
Well that's all for now, the next time I update I will be in Africa!
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