Kwaherini

Means goodbye.  After a month we're all ready to leave Ukerewe.  But for such a small place, sure seems like we are leaving a lot behind.  It means school's done.  That will be missed.  And many goodbyes...our students, classmates, the teachers we've met, our friends and sponsors on the island and even the staff at the small hotel where we stayed that entire time who've become somewhat of a strange extended family to us.  It also means we're traveling again.  A final ride on the ferry to Mwanza feels like the longest one yet.  Back to the now familiar Hotel Talipia where we'll spend the weekend.

It also brings to a close the volunteering phase of our trip.  Now begins the vacation (from our vacation, as it were).  Off to Nairobi where we'll rendezvous with Kirsten's cousin Kim & Chris arriving from the US and our friend Joe Kenoyer and his daughter Kelly who've been traveling in Egypt; check out Joe's blog and Kelly's blog.

We're on safari!  Leaving Nairobi Monday for a two-week adventure beginning in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve.  Even looking at that destination's website seems a bit comical to us but I think we'll enjoy the contrast in our Africa experience this next few days.