This is part six of our short series on some of the cultural/practical/emotional differences we’ve experienced between our two lives (in the UK and in Tanzania). Use the ‘Blog Archive’ list in the right-hand column to find the previous parts.Things we miss about Tanzania:
Eating bananas from our garden and REALLY cheap mangos in season. Like we said previously we were fortunate enough to rent a house with a large(ish) garden when living in Mbeya. There were a variety of different fruit plants/trees in it but by far the most abundant were our banana trees! It grew small (about 1/3rd the size of the bananas we buy here in the UK) sweet bananas and it was always so nice to enjoy fresh ones carried only a couple of metres to our house… not one bruise on them! We also made the most of the, very short (Jan-Feb), mango season in the Mbeya region! Whilst mangos were almost unobtainable at any other time of the year, during these months you could get a large bucketful for less than a pound! What a treat!
Things we like about the UK:
Movie rental services and a variety of restaurants. Whilst we may miss fresh fruit, one of the things we didn’t have very much of in Mbeya was ‘evening entertainment’. We became very adept at scouring our colleagues DVDs collections and working our way through many books. We did go for some meals out, however it was always to the same places where you knew you could get good ‘chicken’ or a fresh naan! It has been so nice since being back in the UK to enjoy some of the many ‘leisure activities’ we become so used to. We know many people don’t use these very often (nor do we!), but it is nice to have the choice when the opportunity arises.
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