hi i only have a minute but i wanted to tell you that i'm sorry i haven't been writing in so long. i'm in zanzibar and so much has happened and i'm having so much fun. but we're finishing up both history courses within the next week so i'm very busy and i'm traveling constantly at the same time. in fact i have to go to the slave market right about now to meet my professor. i am taking lots of pictures and they're awesome. in a week when we finish our classes we have a free week to travel and i'll probably stay here in zanzibar and i'l have lots of time so then i'll put up all my pictures and write more about what's happening. i can't begin to describe all the stuff i'm seeing. gotta go bye.

hi guys.
we're leaving in a few days. so sad. today we had our swahili final. one of two. this was written and the other one is oral but it's at the end of the program. hopefully i did ok. we gave all the teachers and the guard and the maintenance guy presents and took pictures. they're all so nice. i'm going to miss them. Mama's teaching me how to make chapati tonight. i'm thinking of coming back here next summer to do research for my thesis and my family told me i could stay with them if i did. i told them i'd write them into my grant if i get it so they could get compensated. i'm going to miss them. they've been so sweet to me. my mom gave me a kikuyu name. it's wangui. i had really yummy food just now for lunch. i'm bracing myself for not having really good food anymore. i'm told that other than nairobi it's hard to get really good food in kenya. although i had some pretty delicious spiced rice in isiolo. we made friends with the owner of this bar that we go to a lot to study near my house. his name is habel. he's teaching me darts. he might come visit us in the states. he also owns an ajoining butchery and the other night he had the butcher make us this big chunk of grilled goat that was sooo good. ok i gotta go. bye!