The main language spoken in Tanzania is Kiswahili. It is an easy language to learn. If you have seen "The Lion King," you already know some Kiswahili! "Simba" is the Kiswahili word for "lion" and "Rafiki" is the Kiswahili word for "friend."
The money here is called the Tanzania shilling, and they use colorful bills that range from 1,000 to 10,000 shillings in value. As compared to the greenish U.S. dollar, shillings are red, purple and blue! One U.S. dollar is worth about 2,300 Tanzanian shillings, so things here are less expensive than I'm used to. A piece of candy, for example, costs about 200 Tanzanian shillings, or nine U.S. cents.
A large bottle of water here costs 1,500 Tanzania shillings, which is about 67 U.S. cents.
The best meal I had this week was Chapati (flatbread) with Maragahe, which are beans in a sauce called Pili Pili which is very spicy! It reminded me of the food that we eat back home in America.
