Happy Valentines.

Well, as is well here. The light is at the end of the tunnel. I’ll be leaving in the beginning of March (actually March 2nd at 11:50pm) and hitting Amsterdam for 7 days. I can’t wait for the vacation time. I was thinking this week about this place and concluded I have a hate/love relationship with this place. I guess that would be right too for such extremes coming form America, the land of opportunity, to Dar, the land of hardship and struggle. It is definitely a learning experience for me and I do hope that I bring back something. Maybe minute, but something. I do like the people here, resourceful and nice when they get to know you. Work is still a struggle for me. Mostly just trying to get these guys to make up time they have lost. I think this is a good job for them and they are in no hurry to get it done, the American Cash Cow is here.

New peps on site now - the Greeks. They are the divers for the landing of the fiber optic sea cable. Their job is to dive and place the cable in 6 meters (20 feet for the US peps) of water or less, from what I gather. Great group of guys. But now I have the Swahili and Greek accents to deal with. Plus we got the Brits too. The big joke is we are going to get into an international crisis with all of us here. The Greeks being here means they are going to land the sea cable on shore this Monday. I will take as many pics as possible to show you this. I hope to go out onto the landing ship, but we will see if I have the time. From what I have been told, this is pretty cool sight to see – if you’re into this type of thing – which I am. I’m a geek.

What else….. oh man, it was weird. Thursday morning I was watching CNN International and the Buffalo News was on about the plane crash. It was surreal – in Africa watching the news channel I literally used to watch when living in Buffalo. It really sucks about the plane crash; I really don’t know what else to say – 50 people gone, just gone. It happened just one block away from our friend’s house, which is crazy too. CNN had a huge broadcast about the plane crash, which was what was weird too. I think they cater to the America crowd a little. They would go back and forth with the Buffalo news station and then their commentary. I hope no knows anyone on that plane.

Till next time.
Cheers