5-18-08
We took this Saturday and Sunday off from shooting, and went to Moshi to stock up on some supplies, and to visit some of Megan’s friends from the Peace Core.  It was refreshing to hang out with people who speak English and eat some good food.  We ended up at some other friends house with a bunch of young people who were all here for similar reasons; helping people.  We played some guitar, sang, a little break dancing, and just had some fun.  We left pretty early this morning to head back up to Rombo, which is about 2 and half hour bus ride when everything goes smoothly.

    It rained last night which made waking up this morning interesting considering very few of the roads are paved.  We slid our way down the street to pick up some last minute supplies, then started up the mountain.  The paved road stop half way up the mountain, and that’s where things started getting interesting.  Our bus that was filled to capacity with people standing in the aisles was fish tailing back and forth on these muddy roads.  at some points we were completely side ways.  We ended up sliding off the road, and getting stuck in a big rut.  Our bus was stuck at a 45 degree angle, and most people filed off the bus, and began trying to rock the bus out.  All the villagers made there way out to see what the commotion was about.  Eventually a few men dug out some of the mud and we were able to get the bus back on the road.

So we continued swerving up the hill, but now I was a little more concerned about our safety after being stuck in the rut and seeing how close to tipping we came.  On either side of the road were these big ruts where the water flowed, and sometimes they are bigger than others.  We all we hanging on and bracing ourselves for the chance that we might go over the edge, which would surely meaning rolling over.  I took a second to glance up at our bus drivers mirror, and he had a smile on his face.  Apparently he wasn’t worried at all, and in all fairness he was able to get us up the muddy mountain.  The trip took over 4 hours, and now that I’m home safe I can say it was actually pretty fun.  Once you loosened your grip and relaxed a little it felt like it could have been a ride at Disneyland.
It’s cold here tonight, and I think we are all happy to be home, and preparing ourselves for the busy week that lies ahead.

Wish I had some pictures to post, but we intentionally didn’t bring cameras this weekend, as it was suppose to be our time off.

5/21/08

Production is going well, finding it hard to find time to come post.  Ryan grabbed this quick still from one of our emotional interviews.

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