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Well I haven't had a chance to add my last comments so here they are:

Our 3 day safari was a blast! We went to 3 different national parks, including the famous Ngorongoro Crater. I took tons of photos and we were able to see elephants, lions, giraffes, hyenas, monkeys etc. We also had a flat tire near a group of "sleeping" lions. The safari driver was trying to change the tire when one of the lions stood up and started walking towards him. He quickly got back in the truck and waited for the other drivers to block the view of the lions. After accusing our driver of not being a real safari driver, but just a taxi driver from Dar es Salaam (apparently that is a big cut down), all of the other drivers pitched in to help change the tire. Other than that little incident everything else went basically smooth. The animals were great and the scenery was beautiful.

After leaving from the safari, Dawn, Dr. G. and myself all returned to Dar, while Karen C. returned to Mwanza to continue working on the data collection part of the project. In Dar we continued inputting data into the computer and preparing our presentation for Dorcas and everyone at CARE. We gave our presentation on our last day in Dar (for Dawn and I) and I felt that it went off very well. Dorcas seemed excited about a lot of the stuff that we had done.

All in all the trip was great! I learned a lot about community health, maternal and child health, international work, how CARE operates, how to implement and carry out a project etc, etc. It was also great to learn about another country and culture and to get to work with and meet great people! Thank you so much DR. G, Dorcas and all of the other folks at CARE and GSU/IPH that made the trip possible!