\this post actually occured after the prior one, but I wanted to publish the univeristy story in case there was another glitch in the system, I really didn't want to re-write it a third time.

So after the university we decided to walk over to the National Museum, only a block behind our hotel. The entrace fee was only $3.00, but it was $10.00 if you wanted to take pictures, $25.00 for video, so we just paid the $3. The museum was (once again) old, peeling paint, crumbling stucco, broken windows and no staff at all. Most items were in glass display cases, but many were out in the open, easy to touch or steal (I can assure you that we did neither)

There was an interesting section on slavery and colonial tanzania and The Hall of Man had skulls, fossils and footprints from Olduvai gorge, some of the earliest signs of man. It was pretty dusty and forgotten looking, but an interesting place nonetheless.

One display was 2 wooden bicycles, totally wood, tires and all. The chain was made from woven rope. The local people would see these "marvelous" things that the Europeans had and they would try to imitate them, often with great success.

We wandered back to the Canadian Embassy, I wanted a picuture of it, and I discreetly snapped one, using Nicole as a foil, pretending I was takiing her picture, so she made a silly face and I did snap her, the photo is priceless and I will post it here when I get home.

We then walked back to the hotel when we met Nicole's contact here, a young 23 year girl named Michelle. She was very intersting, has lived in Kenya for 3 months and is now here for a while. She gave a few good hints and tips, one being that bargaining is good, if no one bargained then the locals would simply ask the higher price and eventually the price of every other vendor would increase and eventually it hurts the economy. You are very much encouraged to bargain, the usually "up the price" three times. All in all today was our best day so far.