Blog!
Okay, so I'm still in Stone Town (Mji Mkongwe in Swahili) and we leave in two days for Jozani forest. We're wrapping up our 2 weeks with homestay families, and some things I've learned are:

Things that are rude in Zanzibar but OK at home:
- touching food with your left hand (used instead of toilet paper)
- pointing at people
- licking your fingers

Things that are rude at home but okay in Z-bar:
- loud burping
- changing the TV channel while someone else is watching

It's been great staying with the fam, but I'm excited to head into the forest. After that we're back in Stone Town for a week ish including Eid al Fitr (YAY for the end of Ramadan), and then we leave for Dar Es Salaam (mainland woot!)
My academic director told me one of my skirts is too short which is lame, but I can wear it when we get to Dar for a whole two weeks!! I'm pretty stoked to see what the mainland is like and also eat in public during the day. We're going on safari while we're there which is also fun.

Okaay time to go so i can hit up facebook for a few mins before my time at the internet cafe runs out.

L8a,
Amalya (my Swahili name)