Hills above Tumaini

I have been meaning to hike up a near by peak since we moved up by Tumaini and finally did so. There was a very faint semblance of where someone had gone before but fortunately the brush was not too thick. The views were great.

Here is looking towards downtown Iringa, see the big white grain elevators in the distance, that is how far from downtown we are out at Tumaini.



Looking at the Tumaini campus, the construction is the new science building which will be multi story and is supposed to be ready a year from now.


Open country to the north of Iringa on the way to Mtera reservoir and hydroelectric dam.


On my way back through campus, I heard this loud buzzing noize and found a couple hundred guys (only saw one woman) watching the opening ceremonies for the World Cup match between South Africa and Mexico. Not exactly a wide screen TV but most will not have it at home. Last night we went to bed early and saw that England had scored against the US. As I was in bed, I heard a big roar from campus and guessed that the US had tied it up. Sure enough we tied England and the US is with the African countries, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Cameroon, as the favorite teams here. We see not only Obama stuff but a lot of american flags around.