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As we drove out of Tarangire National Park, one thing repeated itself over and over in my head.
“Sawa Sawa”.
A year ago, I didn’t know what the Swahili phrase meant. Now, if I am completing something, I hear Fahad’s throaty voice asking, “Sawa Sawa?”
Whenever we were out in one of the parks and we were ready to move on, Fahad would always ask in Swahili, “Sawa Sawa?” Though technically translated to English, it means “equal”, it also is means, “fine”, “all good” and “no worries” and what Fahad was asking was if we were ready to go.
Though we were not ready to move on, it was time for our adventure to end and time to return to Arusha, Nairobi and then home.
Driving through the park, heading to the exit, in order to make our way back to Arusha, we looked out at the elephants and giraffes, the baobab trees and the amazing landscapes that we had admired over the past week.
I definitely was not going miss the bumpy roads or the tsetse flies, but I would miss the beauty of each day, the animals, the scrumptious cuisine, our quaint lodges, local beer, our new friends, Mathilda (our 4×4), and, of course, Fahad.
I was going to miss Tanzania.
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