Only left it one month this time! And should be a reasonably short entry, just wanting to let you know I’m all alive and have not been thrown onto the streets of Dar... First things first - my mini-break with Emily. The first day of arrival I was just way too over excited and wanted everybody’s news. My hyper activeness was heightened by the fact that Emily made me a coffee and walnut cake and managed to get it through customs. I’ve never tasted anything so good - it felt very much like Christmas Day to me - that feeling [View Full Entry]

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Som de fleste af jer ved rejser jeg den 5. januar fire måneder til Kenya og Tanzania. Den første måned i Kenya skal jeg bo på en pigeskole, hvor jeg blandt andet skal have undervisning i swahili. Den 1. februar går turen til Tanzanias hovedstad Dar es Salaam, her skal vi bo i en lille uge, og først den 7. februar kører vi ud til de byer vi skal leve i de følgende næsten 3 måneder(!) Jeg skal bo tæt på byen Tanga, som ligger 360 km nord fra Dar es Salaam sammen med en pige som hedder Anne-Sofie. Sammen skal [View Full Entry]

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Ive been up to a personal project recently and i have been moving to different places in the outskirts of Dare salaam inside the beautiful mysterious valleys probably unknown to the rest of the world. And what i was doing was pretty unusual, yes really unusual for a Tanzanian to do this, and i was simply looking for plants that are uniquely found and flourishing in Tanzania. Since i started the photographing stage of the Plant Life In Tanzania project i have been curiously keeping my attention to the gold mine that is found in the plants and flowers that flourish [View Full Entry]

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I have been to this valley recently, its a pretty good place to take my mind of in Daresalaam. This seems to be like an ancient riverbed or some kind of lake, i don't know yet but ill find that out soon and what seems to be interesting about this place is the natural way that the people live in this particular valley in such a way that i feel right at home when i cross. when you start to descend to walk at the bottom the first thing you notice is the peace and then you realize that you are [View Full Entry]

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Dear Friends and Family, Another Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching and we know how busy everyone is at this time of year. Please know that we wish you all a very happy day and we'll be home for the next one. In the meantime we will host, as we did last year, our local celebration. We expect 13, but we'll feed whomever shows up. The menu stays the same (you can check out last year's blog) with 1 major improvement: pumpkin pie! Theresa went home for her brother's wedding last month and returned with the pie fixings and tins. So, as everyone [View Full Entry]

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Sorry for the lack of updates! This is the first computer I've found with internet access! This has to be brief because I'm boarding my flight to Zanzibar in about 10 minutes! The mountain climb was amazing...can't wait to give you the details! It was definitely the most challenging thing of my life! The Safari was also amazing! We saw so many interesting things...I am so glad to have my sister with me...i was feeling pretty home sick on the mountain! ...the girls from work gave me a little book which really helped me along the way! take care and can't [View Full Entry]

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Eid Mubarak to all, belatedly, for last weekend :) For us Eid brought with it the benefits of a long weekend and the promise of fun and frolicks in the hills of Morogoro with the hash -Dar Hash House Harriers, for those asking the inevitable question... So we set off a bit late on Saturday morning in Franklin my beloved Rav4, and when we get to Chalinze and stop at teh usual garage we find half of the rest of the hashers all also stopped there and feeding on sambusas, beer and bright orange fanta. The buggers were all late too, [View Full Entry]

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Het is half 10 in de avond. Er hangt een vredige stilte rond de huisjes van de sekuco universiteit. De dunne maan glimlacht zacht en goedkeurend in het lichtspektakel van de open sterrenhemel. Gedurende de nacht zal de warme lucht afkoelen en condenseren waardoor morgenvroeg weer een diepe mistlaag zal voorbijtrekken tot deze verdwijnt in het regenwoud en hete zonnestralen een nieuwe dag inleiden. Ik gok dat Marianne al slaapt. Het is dan ook naar Afrikaans ritme al laat in de avond en het avondeten is al meer dan een uur verteerd. Dit laatste is belangrijk aangezien we ondervonden hebben dat [View Full Entry]

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Hello there! I'm looking to relocate from Brussels to Dar es salaam in January 2010 - I'm looking to get a visa for a year, but am pretty open minded with no immediate mid to long-term plans, so coudl easily stay longer if I find myself loving it! I'd love to teach English in local schools and learn Swahili, alongside teaching drama/theatre in International schools (I assume that since I speak no Swahili as yet, this could only be done in International schools...?) However, I need advice! Where is good to live in Dar for a 23 yr old British/Finnish girl? [View Full Entry]

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So I am sitting here in the Arusha internet cafe with ten minutes left on my account. I had a beautifully written entry all typed up on my laptop and then of course forgot to bring it, so this one will have to do. Everything is going very well. The students are amazing! It was quite entertaining pronouncing all their names on Monday, the most challenging one being L'Tongchamwaki. I still don't think he understands me when I say his name class, but I make sure to enunciate the waki really clearly! I am constantly dirty, no change there and I [View Full Entry]

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