Hello Sandra, youre here working in..um.. Arusha in Tanzania. How long have you been here?
Ive been here for seven weeks now.
And I must ask you, why is a..a girl from working in Africa, or in Tanzania.
Oh actually..um..well I study in Cardiff at the moment, and I..um.. had to do an internship somewhere abroad. And I didnt wanna do it in..in Britain because Id been there before and worked there before so I decided Id do something different and try Africa.
S..so its connected to your studies?
Yes, yeah..its compulsory I have to do this.
An..And how does it connect, is it in the hotel and catering industry or
something like that?
Well I..I study tourism and its a program for four years, and..er..
So your going to be here for four years?
No, its actually..um.. the course..the study..um.. is for four years, but..um..the internship is just for three months.
And what do you think of it? How long have you been here so far?
Well Ive been here seven weeks and Ive worked in the office in Arusha for three and a half weeks and then Ive been at Colobus Lodge for some time, and its definitely an experience its not quite what I expected but its been good so far.
How do you communicate with the people you work with? Do you speak any Swahili?
Erm..I speak a few words and I can say the greetings and everything, but um..yeah..its a bit difficult because most people dont speak a lot of English and some of their English is quite bad, so I think I underestimated it a bit. I should really speak some more Swahili.
And whats next
wh..where do you go from here
when this finishes?
Erm
well Ill be here for another two weeks and then Ill go on holiday for two weeks, probably go on a safari and then afterwards..um.. go to Zanzibar and then fly back to and then back to Britain.
Great! Well that sounds great. Thank you very much.
Okay. Thank you.
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