Mzungu

In TZ, white people are called Mzungu (or Wazungu for many). We have been told that some children are just so excited to see us that they yell it out and it really doesn't mean anything other than a way to describe you. It's not meant to be bad but sometimes you really feel out of place when you hear the word under someone's breath as you walk into the market. Shopping in the market is quite an experience. No Cub Foods here. All the prices are jacked up when a Mzungu tries to buy something because it is thought here that all white people are rich. Well, we're volunteering and we get paid a little more than the average person here so we need to know how to use our money wisely. I bought 12 bananas for T.shs 700 (I got it down from T.shs 2000). I bought a kitenga (material) and my host sister made me a dress! Pictures to come in the following weeks...

p.s. Jen was bitten by a scorpion but she is OK.