3 Chickens! Kweli?? Or...one more night in Arusha :)

Ashley, me and Laura with her ever present Red Bull :)

After our wonderful trip to Zanzibar, we all ended up in Arusha for one last fling before Laura, Ashley and Anna’s flight home. The night before Laura’s flight home (they all were leaving on separate days) we decided to go out for Nyama Choma, which is awesome grilled meat with fresh pili pili or chili sauce. We hung out with our social worker Grace and the director of RVCV Peter for several hours at a local grill/sports bar/disco :) and then headed home...or so we thought.

Ashley had already consumed 1 whole chicken at dinner, prior to our adventure into the ancient art of Karaoke (pronounced here as cara-o-k) Peter had sense enough to drop us off at the club aptly named Collobus. One side is a disco, one side a karaoke bar with huge flat screen tvs and very loud and very bad speakers. We would go from dancing to singing, then singing to dancing. I think the highlight was when I sang “Its raining men” by the Weather Girls.NOT!  Halfway through the evening, Ashley wanted a little more nyama choma and it just so happens outside the club there was a lady with a grill and two tables so she ordered another whole chicken and ate it. Laura and I just stood by and watched amazed. Of course she was reenergized and had to go dance a little more, so off we went back into dance and sing. This was also the eve of my 49th birthday, so even though I was celebrating, I just cant do those late nights like the good ole days.

The lovely Nyama Choma grill - looks sanitary doesn't it?

At 3:00am I told the girls I was done for, so while we were waiting for our taxi, guess what happened?? Ashley ordered and ate one more whole chicken. Now, the chickens in Tanzania are smaller than the states, but I think three whole chickens in a 6 hour period is pretty damn impressive! Thank heavens the taxi arrived, we made it back to the hotel and called it a night. These are just a few of the pics from that evening!