Tanzania...a country on the right road!

I feel activated... synergised.. . alive here... i return to england and part of me is left behind..., part of me dies... the magical splendours, infinite spaces, and possibilities fire my imagination and stir my soul...when i feel i am in africa , i feel as if ive come home after a long abscence...its as if i can begin again to breathe , to be aware of my spirit as if it is the very air i take in after so long... when i retain the majesty of this wonderland in my heart ; i become me at long last; freed from the chains of self- loathing at my plight.. my thoughts... my depressions. .. o God... save me from the cold hearted North...!

Africa...land of the bold and the free.

Tanzania.. is making steps on the right road..at last... its open for business and the crime is low...there is still corruption and malaria...but it seems there are efforts being made to put a lot of things right..at long last...one of the things that needs to be put right is the colonialist treaty that was signed during the time of the british... i mean lake victoria...there is enough fresh water to grow food for the entire country...no one needs to be poor...and because of this horrible treaty... people go hungry... also i saw great possibilities for green fuel to be produced in tanzania...and for that matter in uganda and kenya... the roads in uganda and kenya were atrocious ...nothing had changed in 25 years... people arestill stealing money from the people..and the people are still paying for their freedom... my answer tothe aid problem is simple... get the international freedom volunteer programme going- check out www.africaisalive.com/transformation and we need to get this wifi activated for people to start using the internet to educate themselves... grassroots level...thats where we need to put our aid money... and 1% of the gdp of the forex transactions worlwide need to be spent... and instead of creting markets for more weapons..and more killing... we need to use the fertile lands of africa to grow green fuel... we need to get awy from fossil fuels... they create bad karma..., greed and disempowerment... see the october edition of the national geographic and youll undertsand what i mean... and we need to spend money on more schools , homeschool style... it can be done... but we need the seeds to do it with... it doesnt need much money... i met some politicians who said im a social entrpreneur... but thats a bad description... i see myself more as a 21st century man and a 21st century entrpeneur... we need to rethink the way we do things... and how we do business... power is nothing unless it is used to EMPOWER others... power is a responsibility...its no longer a privilidge of those who feel they are the holders of it... it must go to the worthy not the unworthy... its time for all of us to take accout , to take stock... to listen to what we see around us... greed economics... create greedy pigs that care nothing for no one but themselves and the next rolls royce... they are an anathema on humanity.we need to rehtink the way we do things... time is short... we dont have the luxury of another 100 years to get it right... we are running out of time... radicla changes need to be made in the next 10-20 years ... and africa... needs our help , needs our support... needs our assistance... needs our development projects... not our fake investments... and FAKE AID MONEY WITH BACKHANDERS ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK...!Corruption should not be a culture ... it should be an anthema...

So, Finally, after 4 years I managed to complete the mission to find a possible home for the rainbow family in east africa... this is the synopsis of the journey i was on... there is much more to say... but little time to say it in... here is it in brief: I also saw the possiblity to complete the great commission in this land...

I scouted kenya, tanzania and uganda and I saw the possibilities to
create an eco-village on pemba island just off the coast of tanzania.

also it would be a good place to hold a RAINBOW gathering... the problem
being it is difficult to get from the mainland to pemba island. you
can get there form zanzibar or diani beach NEAR MOMBASSA..
there is a rain forest
in the north east of the island...its very beautiful- and the
malaria situation is ok... the other alternative i saw on the
mainland is a place in the highlands not far from tanga. about 80 km
on the arusha road. there is a natural forest in the hills and
malaria is practically non-existent. then the other possibility i
saw was morogoro...but all of this area is very much touristic and its
expensive to cross the serengeti - it will cost around 50-100
dollars.and i was just taking the chicken bus.

the other alternatives i saw was on the lake victoria . there are
around 3000 islands which could be made into an alternative eco
community... now regarding the legalities of living in tanzania -
uganda or kenya... its easy. as long as you set up some kind of
project the government will give you the permission to stay there
indefinately. ..the good thing about lake victoria is an abundanc eof fresh water... you could grow anything... whereas on pemba there could be a shortage of fresh water... also lake victoria is right bang in the middle of 3 nations...but you could only get to an island by water or by air...you would need a canoe or sailing boat...

i think the lake victoria looks more interesting but very remote.. as it is a fresh
water lake... i travelled by dhow from pemba (i chartered it - i cost me around 30 dollars with crew)- it took me 6 hours to sail the dhow to the mainland... you can have your own dhow made in stonetown for around 3000 dollars... and it takes around 6 weeks to
construct... this form of transport is eco friendly and its
useful... fish is plentiful and the land is so fertile - especially
on pemba island... you can grow anything ...anywhere. ..and the smells of the rubber plants and cloves gives a continuous sweet smelling fragrance in the air...the coral reef is also fantastic and you can swim with manta rays... mass tourism hasnt hit pemba
yet...its still very much undiscovered. ..

in uganda i visited an orphange in kampala and adopted 75
orphans ..i am now their spiritual daddy. so my commitment to them
is to try to facilitate help for their welfare... it would be good if an eco village could be combined with an orphanage which would assist people to become self sufficient.. .
in uganda during my mission .... i speculated at a place called the mountains of the moon... a very beautiful and mysterious plac eindeed with much incredible vegetation.. .

. .. the silver back gorillas are there and its on the border
with the congo... land is still cheap and if you go into the hills
there is no bilharzia above 1500 metres and virtually no malaria...
mostly as you go higher than 1500 metres the better the climate is
for europeans... i dont recommend the coast ...but the island have
good possibilites. .. it depends what you like mountains or beach...
in kenya i liked the area around mau... going towards nakuru...
along the great rift... lamu island is screwed and diani beach and
mombassa is finished... nairobi is probably the hub of all
commercial activity in the east africa region...
dar es salaam is a horrible dirty "shitty" - i mean city... there is also the possiblity of eastern zanzibar... its still some beaches left...even bill gates vists there
sometimes... but he goes to a private island called mnemba. its costs
around 600 dollars a day!!!
i found generally stonetown very muslim-very islamic but a wonderful place......and as you go more into the interior it gets more
christian and more tribal-masai. .... i liked mwanza and arusha... arusha gets around 600000
tourists coming every year and we scouted around that region for 2
days... its good but too much tourist activity... for a gathering
probably just outside tanga in the highlands would be i think the
best place... and for an eco village...definately...pemba island.

well folks ..thats all... i covered several thousand miles on this
journey and yes, i have the info i needed. i managed to be fortunate
enough to hitchhike on a gold-mining plane... thats africa... fantastic
things do happen in all the negativitiy. ..God is really apparent and REAL next to all the squalor, war, disease, povetry and famine...THATS WHY I LIKE AFRICA... PEOPLE AND LIFE IS MORE GENUINE.

the one place i would have liked to go to to complete my scouting
mission was rwanda. i did visit 20 years ago...and i heard that
several american film stars have bought properties along the lake
town of gisenyi on lake kivu- I think it was more of a solidarity thing...

it would also make a great gathering place... but in short kenya or
tanzania... i believe tanzania is more copethetic.. it still needs more scouts to go and have a look..

all the best

robin

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