Blogs from Tanga, East, Tanzania, Africa
November 20th 2010
Another two weeks have gone by so quickly, I have been busy at school as the kids have been doing their exams. The rains have come in the village which is great for the villagers and their crops but it has made walking around really difficult its very, very slippery and the walk and drive down the mountain have been horrible! Is even more beautiful now though as everything has gone from dusty and brown to lush and green. Yamba looks completely different. It was andys birthday last week and there was a big celebration, the villagers had written three songs in honor of him, goodness knows what lies in store for us at our leaving party. Have been helping out at Simba club (the child sponsorship scheme) we have been writing letters to the sponsors, ... read more
October 23rd 2010
It is a bit warm in Tanzania today! the weather has been getting hotter for the last couple of weeks now. Is nice coming on weekends to Tanga though as its by the sea and we can use a swimming pool. The big news in Yamba this week has been the saga of my missing trousers! It was announced in church and a letter sent to the chairman of the village, they even sent a search party out to look for them! As nothing ever gets stolen in yamba it is a big deal! Two new volunteers have arrived, Phil from Warrington who is here to do football training with the kids and a lad called Tom who has just climed Kilimanjaro to raise money for the charity. Teaching is going well, has been a big ... read more
October 9th 2010
Back in Tanga for the weekend where we are stocking up on shopping. Yamba is still wonderful and have got used to everyday life there. Teaching is going well and the children have calmed down a little after all the excitement of having a new teacher! Only about half the kids in the village go to school and only 5% of these will go to secondry school, there is a huge shortage of teachers in tanzania and some kids walk 3 hours there and back to school only to have no lessons. It has been quite cold and rainy so they are getting to school wet and hungry, its really sad. The 4 teachers at the school are all really fed up they are all alhoholics and rarely there, they had to close the school yesterday ... read more
September 24th 2010
hurray I have finally got to the internet! I have so much to tell you all. excuse my typing but am having to write super fast! Last few days on overland trip were good and it was sad when we all had to say goodbye but the volunteer group were already in dar es salam and we had a few days relaxing on the beach. There are 11 volunteers in total some teaching and some building a good mix of people and ages. From dar es salaam it was 5 hours by bus, 3 hours in the back of a pick up truck and then another 11/2 hour walk up a mountain. We had a wonderful welcome all the village came down and there was lots of singing and dancing. It is really hard to decribe ... read more
March 15th 2010
I loerdags vare mig og annesogie paa besoeg i vores mammas landsby. det var en vild oplevelse, som er meget svaer at gengive skriftligt og uden store armbevaegelser... men i faar lige en forkortet udgave... efter 2 timers koersel paa hullede grusveje i en lille propfuld (det ord har faaet nu betydning hernede!) daladalaankom vi til det man i resen af verden forbinder med det rigtige afrika. de flotteste roede lerhytter var saa langt oejet rakte og paa de lige saa roede lerstier loeb sma boern rundt og legede med gamle cykelhjul. og i baggrunden, bag alle palmetraeerne kunne man se de vildeste bjerge. efter nogle minutters gang rundt i landsbyen kom vi frem til vores mammas soesters hus. vi var knap kommet ind foer soesteren kom gaaende med en levende hane i haanden - vi ... read more
Giv mig Danmark tilbage... eller i det mindste noget dansk mad :D
Published: March 11th 2010Africa » Tanzania » East » TangaMarch 11th 2010
Foelgende er en liste over dansk mad jeg naesten ville goere alt for at faa fat i... - Groft rugbroed med varm eller kold fransk leverpostej med hjemmelavet roedbeder - Is koldt glas mini maelk - laske/spinat taerte - Kaempe salat med feta, pinjekerner, salat, tomat, guleroed, gulpeber, fars dressing.... kunne bliver ved - Laksemad paa godt hvidt broed - Havregryn med maelk, rosiner, sukker - Havregroed - Jamie Oliver Broed - Fars varme rustikke morgen boller (og ja, det er mad og intet andet der er talt om i denne sammenhaeng) - Lasange - Pasta med god koedsovs - Pasta med pesto - moerbradgryde med ris - bloedkogt aeg med purloeg og hjemmebagt (eller hjemmebragt:)) rugbroed - en ostepoelse fra grillen ... kunne blive ved i en egivhed men saa doer jeg af sult og ... read more
March 2nd 2010
Torsdag morgen gik turen til turistbyen Arusha, som er blevet hjemsted for safarigaester, men for os en oase og en god undskyldning for at nyde en kold oel, shopping og retten til at ligne turister med kort og "turen gaar til..."-boeger. Efter 8 timer i en lille bus stod vi i Arusha og tjekkede ind paa et super hyggeligt hotel med varmt vand i bruseren og et rigtigt treak-og-slip-wc! Helt fantastisk :) Selvom Arusha er en eksplusiv voksende by og paa mange maader meget mere storbysagtig end noget andet helr i Tanzania glemmer man paa intet tidspunkt hvor paa kloden man befinder sig: man skal bare kigge op, og bag hoejhusene kan man hele tiden skinte toppen af Tanzanias 2. hoejeste bjerg Mount Meru (4566 m), hvor skyerne ligger omkring toppen som floedeskum paa en lage. ... read more
February 23rd 2010
Det gik lige op fr mig, at jeg intet har skrevet om jobbet - som jo er en ret stor del af rejsen :) jeg arbejder, sammen med Anne Sofie, paa et boernehjem med 23 boern som alle har hiv/aids. Boernehjemmet er drevet af nonner (blogindlaeg om dem vil komme senere, de er nemlig saa skoenne at de fortejner at faa et indlaeg for sig selv), hvilket vil sige at inden vi saetter os os spiser beder vi og laver korsets tegn paa kroppen... det skal man lige vaenne sig til. Selve arbejdet er ret praktisk, da vi er der i alle dagtimerne mens alle boernene er i skole.. dette har ogsaa betydet at jeg i de sidste 3 uger (taenk jeg allerede har vaeret her i saa lang tid!) er blevet ekspert i at vaske ... read more
February 23rd 2010
Hjernerne blev lagt i bloed og byen gaaet og cyklet tynd for at finde danske ingradienser. Loerdagens maal var nemlgi soleklart: Dansk mad naar det er bedst! Allerede kl 17 begyndte vi at forberede maden, og familien fulgte med oejne saa store som Rundetaarn (ja, maa hellere holde os til danske maalestoksforehold, saa alle kan vaere med :)), paa sidelinien. Menuen stod paa Frikedeller med kogte kartofler, guleroedder og groenne boenner. Vi foerte os hjemmevandt frem i koekkenet som baade mangler bord og komfur - men tilgengaeld har et udenmaerket baal! Vi fandt dog hurtigt ud af hvor meget kul der skal paa baalet, og hvornaar man ved at det er varmt nok til brug - ja, when in Africa, do like the Africans! Vi satte os sultne og spaendte til bordet, i dag daekket med ... read more
February 9th 2010
Som noget af det foerste vi blev inviteret med til af vores familie, var et kirkebesoeg. I soendags stod vi tideligt op og tog det paeneste af vores grimme safari toej paa. Kirken laa taet paa vores hus saa sammen med rejsten af landsbyen gik i i samlet flok til kirken. Kirkens saeder fra opdelt i en mande og kvinde afdeling, og paa et givent tegn fra kirkens Keybord knaelede alle 300 mens praesten kom gaaende ind i kirken iklaet hvidt toej og sproejtede Helligt vand i vores svidige nakker. Kirkens kor baadfe sang og dansede lige indtil praesten igen traadte frem og betyndt en langere oplaesniong fra biblen... paa swahili. Mig og Anne Sofie sidder og nyder hans stemme, indtil familiens soester, Emmy, afbryder vores tanker og spoerger om vi ville have noget imod at ... read more
