Plane ride and teh male population

This I posted a few days ago in a different place. Promises to post a new blog soon.

So I have been in Tanzania for almost two days now.
The trip over was not that eventful, the night before I could not sleep very well, and then I started to cry when I called my parents. My mom was helpful in telling me that everything was going to be alright.

Plane ride
The plane ride was down right boring as hell, they even that these little teasers just to make you realize that you are never going to get to you destination. It is a map that shows where the plane is in regards to the flight and that damn plane doesn't move fast enough. My lower limbs swelled like twice the size they should be, it looked like I has sprained both ankles, but it went down the next day. Oh interesting thing that I noticed at Nairobi , was the two groups of armed guards. Dad will be happy to hear that.

Lost Checked baggage
So when I was at Nairobi we had to pick out our checked luggage and they would throw it on the plane, well my luggage was not there. We ended up leaving without my luggage, kind of frightful. I got my luggage the next day. What happened was that the SFO-KLM guy put the tag that my final destination was Nairobi not Kili so my luggage was left there.

Meeting people
So I don't know why this happens but of the males that I have met so far (which is actually only two), when I start talking to them this is the line of questions that I get, "So where are you from" (US) "what are you here for?" (teaching through a internship for the college that I attend) "what subject?" (bio) "Oh, are you married?" (no) "boyfriend?" (yes his name is Alex) "What does he do?" (student- computer science). … I don't understand, even the married one asked me similar questions.

I feel that a more honest line of questions should be
where are you from…are you available.. is there any chance that I could be more appealing the current guy?

Lost in translation
So I finally realize that if people are going to go to a different country they should know at least some of the language. Not only do I know almost zero (and by that I mean that I know 3 words, I could do better in an Arabic country,) Kiswahili; but the English that people do know is not American English, its English English and I have enough trouble trying to translate what British people say. My plan is to stop trying to translate the words and just think of the words in Kiswahili.

I really don't like the fact that I can not understand anyone AT ALL, at least with Spanish and some Arabic I can understand somewhat. But this is learning right. Not to mention that most of the people around here understand more than one language I makes me sad for the USA school system.

Stepping on toes
So I know that I have been looking into the customs and culture of Tanzania, but I still don't know how many toes that I am stepping on. First example tipping… a guy helped me carry my stuff to my room which I was very grateful for, should I tip.. I tried with one but he wouldn't take it. Personal space. I know Americans like their space and I like even more space than most Americans. A few people (guys) have kind of tried to shake hands or slight touching (no elbows yet Alex ), but I don't really know what it means are they hitting on me to see of I pull away (not interested) or are they just doing what their culture taught them?