Pick-up Frisbee

Thursday is now Frisbee Day here in Arusha. It's the only day of the week when I leave the office at 5. I head into town to the field where we play ultimate frisbee. About 2/3 of the players are ex-pats and tourists, but we've gotten a few Tanzanians who are now regulars. Most of the Tanzanians had never thrown a frisbee 5 weeks ago, but had quite a speed advantage. Now, after five matches, they still have quite a speed advantage and they can throw the frisbee pretty well.

It's one of my favorite parts of the week. Frisbee has been my number one sport since high school (we used to play in parking lots when we couldn't find a field). I was a bit out of practice my first week, but since then I've found my throws (though perhaps not my judgment since I still take the ambitious throw over the safe throw nine times out of ten). However, I tend to be one of the slower people on the field, so maybe I should work on that. I like to do my stall-counts alternating English and Kiswahili "One! Mbili! Three! Nne! ..."

I've only been going for three weeks (the weather has been mostly cooperative so far ::knock on wood:: ), but it's been a good chance for me to make friends outside of work. The sun sets after a little over an hour and then we usually go out and grab a quick drink afterward and hang out for a bit before I head back to the office for my weekly IDDS meeting.

If you ever want to join us, we play on the field next to the Sikh Temple near Friends' Corner :)