Matt Christensen

Today we did a variety of fun things.  In the morning we took a long daladala ride to the other end of the island.  Once there we got snorkeling gear, flippers and masks, and set sail to swim with dolphins!  There were a few pods out there, swimming very fast.  There were also pods of…

Today we took off on the ferry for Zanzibar (~45 miles off the coast of Dar) at 7:00AM.  It was a fun ride!  And seeing Zanzibar materialize on the horizon wasn’t half bad either.  The architecture here reminds me of picture I have seen of Venice, Italy.  It is beautiful!  We ported at Stone Town…

We had our methods due for Research methods and we also had our toughest Kiswahili test yet today.  Everybody said that they probably “bad failed” it and I felt the same way (although I ended up getting an A at 77%, totally not expected).  It was just the worst test and we didn’t have time…

So I spent a large part of my day today filling out information for Luther’s Institutional Review Board, which I have to get approval from if I want to use my project in the future for like my Senior thesis or something.  But because I got timed out of KATIE (Luther’s coursework website) it all…

Yesterday was pretty much a complete day of rest for me.  I got up in the morning at 6:45 and went on a five mile run with Michelle A.  It was boring because it was around the track, I felt pretty dehydrated, too.  After that I came back to the dorm and watched Harry Potter…

Well I just finished up another week of classes!  It was my last week of hardcore Kiswahili, much to my relief.  I’ve learned a lot of the language but spending so much time studying it in class compiled with constant attempts at speaking it with people (not to mention the amount of time spent each…