Hi, It's me Tony La Porta. All the others have gone on safari to the Serengeti and Lake Manyara. I have stayed behind to attend to loose ends before we leave Karatu on Monday morning. We did it! Nets have been distributed to Getamok, Ayalabe, Slahaamo, Kusumay, and Kilimatembo villages. Dr. Henry and Lucian are off and running to move the remaining nets to 16 other villages by the end of November. The weather has been hot and dry during the days and the nights tend to cool off somewhat. I do find myself sleeping under covers in the morning. Paul Neuman and I visited with Jolene Mullins, aka, "Mama Minnesota", the country director for Minnesota International Health Volunteer Tanzania. We spoke of the projects that each of us are undertaking within the Karatu district to get a better feel for the work that's being done by others. After the meeting, Me, Paul and Emanual stopped for dinner at Bytes, a really neat roadside eatery on the main road in Karatu Town. I had a cheeseburger fries and a "Chui" and the music was wonderful, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Willie Nelson! It doesn't get better than this. Earlier this week, my dear friend, Wolfgang Edrich, aka "Baba Nyuki" or Father Bee, arrived in Karatu. Wolfie has agreed to establish a viable and sustainable wild African bee project in the Karatu area as a joint project sponsored by SJMC and Mercy Regional Medical Center. We are excited that Wolfie has agreed to undertake this well needed project. This evening, we will all say farewell to our Tanzanian friends at a dinner at the Bougainvillea Safari Lodge just outside Karatu Town on the main road to the Ngorongoro Crater. I am anxious to return home to be with my family and watch the election returns. Remember, Tanzania, where water is scarce, goats are nervous, and every day is a bad hair day. Ciao/t