Morning: A typical day consisted of waking up at around 7:30am, having a very quick cold shower then breakfast with the rest of the volunteers which usually consisted of mandazi, which is fried dough, omelette, toast, tea and fruit before heading off down the road to catch a dala dala (bus) into town which takes about 20 minutes. There was usually someone heading in the same direction as me so we all went together.
After getting off in town we'd walk to a place called 'friends corner' and get another dala dala to my placement which was a bumpy but interesting ride into the poorer parts of Arusha. After a short walk up to my placement saying hello to locals on the way, I'd usually arrive and catch the end of morning assembly which is the cutest thing ever; 60 little kids singing the Tanzanian national anthem and other songs! I would spend the rest of the morning doing some marking for one of the teachers or teaching a quick lesson before helping to hand out the kids morning snack of porridge.
Afternoon: At play time I would find myself playing football or reading with the kids which gets crazy at times but is lots of fun. After break, I would quickly have a snack provided by my placement mama and a soda then help prepare lunch,(varied from rice and veg to ugali and meat) before doing some more teaching or sitting in on one of the classes.
After Lunch, the kids would go home and my placement baba (father) would always walk us back to catch the dala dala at around 3pm. I would usually head to the internet cafe after, to one of Arusha's many markets or go home and relax at the volunteer house.
Evenings and weekends: At least once a week all of the volunteers would go out for dinner or for nights out in the town which were always great or simply all chill together on the porch. Also on the weekends there were lots of things to do from coffee tours in nearby Moshi, trips to Zanzibar, Waterfall hikes or sunbathing at one of the swimming pools in Arusha.