The Wheels on the Bus Go-Nowhere

Well here we are again and it's been a while. So as ever I'll start at the beggining asnd work my way to the end. From Dar I went back up to Tanga to see David and co again and to have one last shot and getting to Mtae which we did. On then way we stopped at leshuoto again and replaced all the phots I had stolen in Dar, and took some nice lovely new ones too. I tried to blog from lushoto because I knew I wouldn't be able to in Mtae and didn't actaully want to leave yo all in the dark for a week. But all the servers were down so I couldn't. I did try though, honest.
Mtae was deffinately worth the effort, vert pretty. However...Remember how the reason we didn't get there first time was because rain made the road in in accessible? Well the road in was a breeze, the road out was a different story. Got up bright (oh the irony) and early at 4am to catch the only bus out, and it got stuck in the mud at the end of a queue of around 10 others some of which had been there all night. After 2 hours all the drivers had ganged together and managed to resurface the worst parts of the road so we finally got moving. For a minute (actually about 100 minutes) it looked like we could be in for a long on-by long I meen days not hours. Which would have raher messed things up as I'm on a tight(ish) schedule now.
The plan is thus: I'm in Arusha now (eternal thanks to David's Uncle who owns a bus company and let me ride for free, oh and the dutch guy who spotted me in the dark at the scary bus station and helped me and my bags into a taxi) very much in need of a meal and hot shower. Tomorrow I go to Karatu where Augustino lives, Thursday I meet Augutino, Friday I get the bus to Nairobi where I intend to sit back and relax, see a few museums and do some shopping then this time next week (I know, it's crazy) I'll be on the plane!!!
I'm usually against usin more than one exclaimation mark at any one time, but I think they're highly deserved this time. Admit it, who else glanced the date this orning and had a little one week party-if only in their head??