Bananas

The Bananas here are so good. They taste fruitier than the bananas in America. There not as big and they grow everywhere around here. There is a lady who comes to the clinic every afternoon. She carries her child with a cloth that she uses as a sling to hold the child on her back. I'm guessing the child is about 2-3 years old. He definitely looks old enough to walk. That is how all the woman carry there children, that is with a sling and tie them to there back. Then this lady carries a huge basket of bananas on her head. No hands of course are used. One can get about 12 bananas for 1USD.
On Sunday I hiked with Father Hugo to the top of Uluguru Mountain. It took about 4 hours to hike to the top. I really enjoyed it. The trail had a lot of switch backs. We had to walk through a lot of peoples properties even though it isn't marked in any way and you can't tell. If the people living there weren't around I took pictures. If you do take pictures and they see you they immediately ask for money because you are taking a picture on there property. The Uluguru people live on the bottom third of the mountain. They are shorter than normal and I'm wondering if the elevation has something to do with it. They have slashed and burned a lot of the land which is sad. They do that to chase out the animals and hunt them. They also do it to plant and grow what ever they want. They grow corn, spinach, carrots, lettuce, bananas and more. Hiking up I saw numerous cows and goats tied to tried with about 10 feet of rope so they could graze and not run away. There is also a lot of natural springs on the mountain which makes good drinking water. Some of the houses or shacks collect the water off the roof into a big container.
It was a great day for hiking. It was cloudy and we hiked into the cloud. This helped block the hot sun. Very damp and rainforest like. It is very green up there. Lots of moss on trees. The temperature at the top was very nice. At the top there is a big wooden  gate with a sign in English saying that each person must pay 3,000 shilling for entering. That is basically 2 USD. I was greeted by two short individuals at the top. They had a little shack and were boiling Tea. At the top there is a big radio tower. I guess all the radio stations take turns spending a week on top of the mountain. There is electricity wires that run to the top of the mountain. They also have  aback up generator which lasts for a 2hours if the power goes out. This tower covers all the radio stations for the Morogoro county. It started to ran so we went into this concrete building which had two beds, two computer screens and what looked like two big CPU units. Also at the top I ran into a Kalungu Yeye or a baby porcupine. It was about the size of a hamster. I gave the two individuals a banana and crackers and they inhaled them instantly. They have to carry all there food up there for the week. To be honest I don't think they carry much with them. Unfortunately the clouds didn't totally break up. I did get to see some views of the city. On a clear day I would think that is would be quit spectacular. It was a great hike on a great day either way.
 The next day I visited one of the seminarians in Morogoro hospital. He is from congo and went down really quit. He has Malaria and it is his first time. It took about 48 hours until he was finally able to eat something and keep it down. The main hospital here is loaded with patients.
Well the power here is about to go out I just heard the warning beep. We didn't have electricity yesterday. Luckily when the power goes off the computers are hooked up to a mini power supply which gives you about 2 minutes before it shuts off and it beeps at you to warn you. So I'll finish later