It was sunny from 8:00 a.m. until about 3:00 p.m. and then rained until late at night. This made for some fun times because I dry my clothes outside on a wire and it began to rain in the middle of class, so I ran outside in the pouring rain to rescue my clothes from being soaked.
This week I went to a historical museum in the mountains surrounding Iringa and saw a small lizard that was colored like a rainbow. It was orange, green and blue from head to toe and there were about six of them outside the museum. As soon as I took a picture of one, all of the lizards scrambled off the wall and into the bushes.
This week I took a day trip to Dar Es Salaam and went to a place called Coco Beach. The beach is on the Indian Ocean and the water always rises up onto the sand then recedes further into the ocean throughout the day. When I arrived at noon, the water was pushed back about 50 feet, leaving tide pools full of small crabs and coral! The coolest thing I saw was a large red crab which was running around the tide pools hunting fish for dinner.
On the other side of Coco Beach, there are huge rock cliffs that have been carved away by the ocean waves. When you climb to the top of the rock cliffs you are able to see the whole coast! It has crystal clear water that is almost turquoise. I was able to crawl down through huge holes and reach the beach where I found many fish swimming in the tide pools. I have only ever seen tide pools in the aquarium, so seeing natural tide pools full of sea urchins, small fish, crabs and shellfish made me very excited.
