The Volunteer House Activites

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned the woes of the nice big non-functioning volunteer house in Tabora but let’s start with the picture above shall we. That’s me. And yes I’m sitting on the toilet to demonstrate on how one must bring an umbrella into the toilet to protect oneself from the dirty, cold water that drips from the tank above ever since the fundi (mr. fix-it) fuddled with it in hopes of getting the hot water heater working. And that’s the NICE bathroom.

Another externality of living in such a remote region is the lack of hair salons for white girls. The locals have a plethora of options and most women redo their hairdo about once a week (they look so completely different each time too!). But alas, we strange wazungus have to settle for first time hair-cutters under the lone working bulb in our living room. Here I am making my debut as a stylist on Siwan’s lovely London-layered ‘do.