Iringa - Boys Day Out

Iringa, Boys Day Out

Well, the car is only so big.  So Dr. Saga, myself in the front, Carl and Will in the back and Jake hanging on to the roof rack for dear life, came to Iringa.  Jake let his hair fly.  Think of the wind rushing through his hair.

We went straight to the bank and put the students in queue for place markers as Dr. Saga and I went to the Immigration Office.  There we handed over my passport and forms, the latter which I had completed in duplicate.  Then back over to the bank.  There we scoped out the queue and saw our compatriots only inches from where we had dropped them a half hour previously.  We opted for Shilling Grease.  The CTA permit cost $200 plus 10,000 Tsh (the Shilling Grease, about $6), 15 minutes.  Dr. Saga and I sent Carl, Will and Jake (hair back in its prior ponytail) on to Neema Crafts for primo internet – when it is working.  Back to the Immigration Office, hand over the bank form, wait for the passport stamp and receipt, 30 minutes.  Me off to BKB and Dr. Saga off to DIRA on official business.  I spent a few minutes with Don and Eunice, met Rich and Joan Dornfeld. Rich has been teaching math at Tumaini and readying for the trip home.  Jim and Betty Wolf stopped by too.  I left, stopped by TLC to say hello to Jo and went to Neema.  Internet is not working at Neema, so we are at IringaNet.  That’s us up to the moment.  I see it is 3:48 AM in Burnsville and many other places.  It’s about 10 minutes to 1 PM here.

We are going back to Neema now for lunch and will head back to Ilula soon after.

Of course I was joking about Jake and riding on the top of the car.  It was Carl.