Updates
Ok it appears last week's post was not a big hit except with my core group of supporters. The comments I got were very encouraging but the number of reads was about half the normal. This week I will focus on some basic updates of what is going on. I will start with the biggest update-I finally have a residence permit for Tanzania after only about 6 months of paperwork. Despite every site online describing the process and telling me it would cost $500, the paperwork came back with a receipt only showing it cost $250. Now the fun to try and track down a receipt or reimbursement from the government for the other $300 (250 for the actual permit and 50 for the entry fee). What does this mean? Well first of all I don’t have to go to Nairobi every ninety days anymore. So I can take trips inside of Tanzania and look around the country a little bit more as well as cut the enormous cost of the Nairobi trips out of my budget going forward. Those trips cost ar...