Quarter Century Update

Closeup of Becky at age 25!


Enjoying a Fanta in front of my house in my birthday dress... until the dress broke and I ended up in jeans. It was pretty balmy for November 13, but I never complain about getting to wear dresses.


This is in front of Ndoro falls. Every once in a while I would say to myself, "It's my 25th birthday and I am hiking through a Tanzanian mountain village in search of waterfalls... What?!" The hike down to the base of the falls was a Kili-like excursion and we were soaking wet from all the mist. We luckily found our way out, with no help from our "rafiki" (friend), and back to town.


This is Shanette and me in front of the sign to the falls. Our dala dala trip was quite interesting (complete with a birthday phone call!) but we finally made it up to the park.


Kinukamori falls. The legend is that there was a woman (the statue at the top) who found out that she was pregnant outside of wedlock (which is very bad in Chagga culture) and was going to commit suicide by jumping over the falls. She decided against it and on her way back to the village she came across a leopard. She ran away from the leopard and forgot the the falls were behind her and fell over the edge. The statue stands to commemorate her story.


Me, Shanette, and Dana in Marangu.

For those of you that missed out on the celebration of my birthday and are craving more pictures, here are a few pictures from my 25th birthday. Thank you for all the notes, calls, and fb messages!