Today we worked at the hotel…It was pleasant weather with a good internet connection. We were able to find some power outlets outside around the courtyard, so we set up outside and had a quiet and pleasant day to really focus on our work without any other meetings involved. We still hadn’t had our weekend plans sorted out, yet somehow we knew something would work out. Things just seem to work out once you become Tanzanian like we are.
So as the work day was coming to a close, Matthias, waiter/concierge extraordinaire, stopped by our table to say hi. We asked him his thoughts on things to do on the weekend, and how we could arrange transport. Voila! Of course, the guy across the room could organize a van and driver for 10 or so people, no problem. We can just go to this village we learned of, and hike around, and the driver will wait til we’re ready. So – that was Saturday – all set. We went back to our work and….Voila! – Chipe called Lucia back. She called him on Tuesday, and we had given up on that path, so the call was a surprise. Chipe apparently organizes outings. As she was talking he says..’ok..i see you’..and as she is saying ‘hello, hello, can you hear me’, he is standing over our table saying ‘it is me’. We ended up chatting with him for a bit, and there you go – a few other options and cars and drivers for Sunday. To be fair, I don’t think we know where we’re going or what we’re doing..but we are getting into those vans and going – as it is the last weekend in Tanzania for most of us.
The learning (and I know my bosses will be thrilled to hear this) is that planning is over-rated – if you just hang out outside and chat with folks, everything works out.
So who knows what the weekend will bring. All we know is we hop in a van at 11..and go wherever they take us..and we know it will be great - ..hakuna matata…
So as the work day was coming to a close, Matthias, waiter/concierge extraordinaire, stopped by our table to say hi. We asked him his thoughts on things to do on the weekend, and how we could arrange transport. Voila! Of course, the guy across the room could organize a van and driver for 10 or so people, no problem. We can just go to this village we learned of, and hike around, and the driver will wait til we’re ready. So – that was Saturday – all set. We went back to our work and….Voila! – Chipe called Lucia back. She called him on Tuesday, and we had given up on that path, so the call was a surprise. Chipe apparently organizes outings. As she was talking he says..’ok..i see you’..and as she is saying ‘hello, hello, can you hear me’, he is standing over our table saying ‘it is me’. We ended up chatting with him for a bit, and there you go – a few other options and cars and drivers for Sunday. To be fair, I don’t think we know where we’re going or what we’re doing..but we are getting into those vans and going – as it is the last weekend in Tanzania for most of us.
The learning (and I know my bosses will be thrilled to hear this) is that planning is over-rated – if you just hang out outside and chat with folks, everything works out.
So who knows what the weekend will bring. All we know is we hop in a van at 11..and go wherever they take us..and we know it will be great - ..hakuna matata…
Have a great weekend - can't wait to hear the adventures you discovered! Still waiting to hear if the leopard and rino will complete your list of the big 5 African animals to see in the wild...
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