Now I'm currently in the Nou forest located literally in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, rift valley rim, Tanzania. At around 7000 ft it's cold as balls up here but absolutely beautiful. Think...tropical rainforest esq. This morning we hiked down to by far the most beautiful waterfall I've ever seen. 60 foot drop cascading over smooth layers of rock within the absolute middle of a think jungle. Did I mention the palm trees lining it? Awesome. Also freezing, but worth it to jump in the pool at the base. The rest of the time here is going to be spent mainly finishing our research papers as well as spending time with the local people, the Iraqw, and learning about their culture and the differences between them and the Maasai. Then, on Tuesday (it's Sunday currently) we should be heading out back to the bush to spend time with one of the only hunter gather tribes left in the world, the Hadza. If you haven't yet, I would highly recommend googling them and reading the national geographic article on them. Absolutely incredible and I'm so excited. One of our lab assignments is to go on a hunting trip with them, how fucking cool is that?
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