Getting to Tanzania is taking forever. First we flew on a three hour flight from Austin to Chicago. But, even before that, we had a run in at security. Jane had lost her pocket knife in her bag and of course security detected it. So, we ended up mailing it back home. Then we flew on a thirteen hour plane ride from Chicago to Doha, Qatar. We had to spend the night on the plane and I only got four hours of sleep.

In the morning, (since it was her birthday,) the flight attendant served Jane a whole bunch of desserts. They even sang her happy birthday!

After our flight we stayed at the Airport Hotel. There was a very long and warm pool. It was AWESOME!

We stayed the night at the hotel and went to bed at 1:00 p.m. Austin time. My sleep at the hotel was even worse, at about three hours. In the morning we woke up and got ready for the plane ride from Doha to Kilimanjaro. Over the course of plane rides, I’ve watched six movies and started a seventh. After we got off the plane we walked over to a building. On the way we saw two big crows with white bellies. They were amazing! In the building, since the doors were open, there were a bunch of moths and katydids. After that, we met our guide and started the long ride to Lushoto in the Usambara mountains. During the ride we saw baobab trees which are super fat.

Anyway, by the time we came to the farm it was 10:15 p.m. I fell asleep at about midnight and woke up at 11:30 in the morning.