giraffes

hi!
in zanzibar, left at 6 this morning and now it's almost evening. the travel here wasn't nearly as dreadful as i had imagined... the ceo's nice and friendly and it was easy...

went to arusha national park on saturday with two guys, one from lebanon and one from ethiopia- that swedish friend ka and i met last week. i also invited ch's boyfriend's sister to come. it was really fun. those guys were really friendly and informational and t's sister knows a lot about animals. the safari was nicer for me than the one with sebby because we got to get out of the car and walk to fun places- a waterfall and then up to about 15 giraffes that were really sweet and pretty. and we saw lots of flamingoes up close too.

was tired after that day...

so i'm here, and the conference isn't until the day after tomorrow. all i had to do was give a disk and some papers for bulk photocopying to the zanzibar law society guy that's putting everything together.. he's really nice. i can't really lay out in a bikini though because there's a sign near the pool that says if you intend to go onto the beach by order you have to take a security guard with you... and i don't want to do that. so i just sat by the pool with my clothes on and read a little bit. i have to say, it's really funny to be at a beach resort by myself. i mean the ceo's here, and he's really friendly and asks me if i've eaten yet and stuff, but i would rather just pretend that i'm by myself. i talked a little to the head lady from canada who works at the bar association that's sponsoring this conference and she invited me to go to town with them, but i said no- so i must not dislike being by myself that much...

it's really peaceful and pretty and hot here. when i went to the national park, the lebanese guy told me that there's an arabic saying that there are three things that can cure stress: greenery, water, and a beautiful face...

i forgot to bring my malaria medicine for this week... oh well. who cares, it was starting to make me crazy anyways...

i tried zanzibari prawn pilau for lunch which i didn't get a chance to try when i came with seb and it was good but for some bites i felt like i was biting into sticks of raw spices... a cat came and sat next to me while i was eating because it wanted food, but i kind of liked the company.

i'm reading a book called burmese days by george orwell, it's pretty good.

lots of love, ganga