It's sunk in a little...

Over the last two weeks I've been reading my Peace Corps materials and filling out some paperwork. I think it's going to be extremely challenging. I'm actually a little more worried about the teaching part than the fact that it's in Tanzania. I do fairly well trying to teach people one on one or maybe a small group, but I think I will find it very difficult and nerve-wracking to be in front of a class with as many as fifty students. I couldn't ask for a better location, though.

Tanzania is home to Mt. Kilimanjaro, much of the Serengetti, Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, and Malawi, a national park where you can actually visit chimpanzees in the wild (this group is used to people), and the exotic island of Zanzibar. I don't know what part of the country I'll be in, but no matter what part of the country I am I think it's going to be an amazing place to be.

My salary is going to be $165 a month. That sounds pretty paltry, but when most of the country lives on less than $1 a day, I'll actually be doing pretty well for myself. Most likely I'll have my own place, though I read that Tanzanians don't share the American concept of privacy and that there will likely be people, especially children in and out of my place all the time. I'm really looking forward to this because of the huge challenges I'll face because of culture shock and as I learn a new language and profession. More thoughts as they come.