Hello from the challengers!

Today was our first day in Dar. We spent the day in the local markets sourcing food and equipment ready for our upcoming trekking days. The new smells were a shock to us – not quite the machair! Many of us, especially the boys, interacted with local people. They seemed to especially like Cailean for some reason. A local tried to buy our basin off us but we thought he was trying to buy Stephanie! We also went to the shopping mall and had lunch there. We are all now back in the hotel after a busy day planning and exploring. We are getting ready for a long 8 hour bus to our camp which we are all excited for.  Tomorrow we will arrive in our camp around 6pm ready for our first night of camping -wish us luck!