Dodoma

We arrived yesterday at the compound in Dodoma. Let me first describe the trip. As we left Dar Ed Saalam, were the driving skill level has not improved, I was struck at just how many people there were. They are everywhere, cooking, cleaning, walking, visiting, waving at the truck of Canadians going through there part of town. And the different types of clothing was neat to see. There were people in casual western jeans and t-shirts, both men and women; traditional African wear; Islamic clothing; men in business suits and the odd person going around naked. The trip was amazing as well.   We went from the husstle and bustle of a huge city to a country road in the blink of an eye. It is a tropical jungle near the Indian Ocean and the foliage was thick and dense with a wide variety of trees and shrubs. Then we climbed into the mountains and the terrain became like a  savanna. Then as we climbed higher it became a desert. Dodoma is in the middle of the country but there is little surface water. The wadi's are very interesting too.