Sorry for the delayed news from the other trio...Nate, Quinn, and I. Nate is updating better than me, so check out his blog: matembezi.blogspot.com

We had similar troubles in the rain in Malawi, like Karen and Orian. So much rain that the three of us got pretty sick as we crossed into Tanzania, plagued with puking, nausea, disorientation, etc. But we were so lucky to meet with Quinn's family who brought all sorts of goodies from home. How we missed feeling safe and at home again! Many many thanks to Los Baumbergers...

Coming into Tanzania, on top of being sick, we encountered other stressful headaches that have challenged us. At the Tanzania border, we had to pay 100 USD for our visas. But since we were coming from Malawi, we only had Malawi Kwacha. The border officer wouldn't accept Malawi Kwacha, only USD. We tried to explain that we didn't carry USD around, but he said that we would have to change into Tanzania shillings and then go back into USD. As the three of us were discussing what to do, one of those sketchy moneychanging sleezeballs comes up to us and says, 'the officer says you need some money changed? we give you good rate'. Unbelievable! The border officials are working together with those sketchy sleezeballs! And this is happening all in front of a huge sign saying 'Money changing at the border is STRICTLY prohibited!'

Nate and I took a 7 day trip into the bush while Quinn spent time with his family on a safari. We had yet new surprises...but running out of time.

-MinWah