Nyoka - Snake

Here is the lovely green snake that the askaris found - and swiftly killed - this morning. Snakes are typical in such a remote area. This one isn't that big. No one seemed very impressed. Except of course me - the white woman - willing to take a picture of almost anything.

The askaris were so funny, they wanted to make sure I got pictures of the top and bottom of the snake - which required that they turn it with a stick and threaten to throw it in my direction.

The terrible part about this snake is that it was discovered in our "lunch room." It is hard to see in this small picture, but the traditional Tanzanian lunch - of beans/rice or ugali (like stiff porridge) and veggies or meat - is cooked inside the door on the left by the green bucket. And we - the staff - eat on these school benches. Now, I will eat in paranoia of another snake crawling around!