July 13th.
If you read our last blog, you may recall our airport experience at Mwanza. Well there is more to it than I could reveal last time. An item in my checkout bag was suspicious and so my port had to be searched. The security official tried to open the bag but the zipp jammed and wouldn't budge. After much tugging it finally opened and now I can reveal what the offending package was.  A surprise.
Guess who turned 70 yesterday.



Happy Birthday, Kevin!
The offending parcel - a rectangular, dark heavy object - a birthday cake which I had successfully kept as a secret even when we repacked our bags the previous night. Ever tried trying to explain to an African guard what the container held. Fun, fun, fun.

Tomorrow we head to Bukoba to front up to the Immigration Dept. as there is some concern on others part that we have the wrong type of visa. Hakuna matata. All will be revealed.


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