Arusha

For the past few days I've been wandering around the city of Arusha. Its a large city in northern Tanzania with plenty of tourists. Its also quite an irritating city in that so many Tanzanian vendors on the streets want to sell me things and/or simply talk to me. This morning I visited the International Tribunal of Rwanda and sat in on a couple of court trials on the Rwandan genocide. The building seems so different from the rest of the city, much more similar to a court house in a developed country. The trials were interesting to watch and sad to think about in relation to all that I've studied about the genocide. It was all translated for the court room and the visitors through head phones, which was great. Later this afternoon I'm traveling to Musoma by bus.. a 16 or so hour bus ride that goes up through Nairobi first then down to the Lake Victoria area and Musoma. I've never been to the Lake Victoria area and am looking forward to a change of scenery, though not really excited about the bus ride. There will be new Roots & Shoots projects there as well that I will be able to help out with. Baadaye! (Later!)