Blogs from Tanzania, Africa - page 313

Hi, Sorry it’s been so long since the last update. Believe it or not this is the first chance we have had to update the blog since Rwanda. So, where to start… Well since we last wrote we have left Rwanda and headed back through Uganda and Kenya and arrived in Tanzania. Currently we are on Zanzibar Island and I am writing this from a beach hut on the white sands whilst watching people playing volleyball - yip life is tough (NOT!!!) So quick luggage updates: 21 days after arrival I received my luggage (hooray!), however the event wasn’t quite the monumental occasion I had hoped for as the day before our roll mats, sleeping bags, pillows and liners were stolen. As you can imagine that went down like a cup of cold sick (especially as ... read more

Today I am setting off for my fourth country in a week. Last Friday I started off traveling to England, Monday I departed for Nairobi, Tuesday I made the four hour bus ride through Kenya to Tanzania and this afternoon I'll be flying to Rwanda. It's been a whirl-wind of a week, but I have had an amazing time. Farms and horse shows in England, meetings in Nairobi, an interview with a prosecutor at the ICTR and a venture out to Moshi and the surrounding villages at the entry point of Kiliminjaro. I'll try to recap all I have experienced this week as best I can... Nairobi The flight from Heathrow to Nairobi took me by surprise as it was loaded with Europeans and Americans. The only Africans on the plane were the Somali mother and ... read more

this entry is just bc i had to use internet and this site is always working well and lets me do stuff as teh other ones are loading, i thought i'd tell of some none trip items first, after i fell in teh hole i didn't shower cuz i had open cuts and then i just kept using that as an excuse not to shower, i use the wet wipes to clean the wounds but andy insisted that didn't count as a shower, i have taking one since but i think it was over a week but i thought the ocean would count, also, i lost my shampoo in niarobi and i've borrowed andy's once in the national parks but my hair hasn't been washed in 3 weeks and i've been told that bacteria start cleaning ... read more

So the flight was long... very long. We got roughly 2-3 hours of sleep over the course of 35 hours. By the time we made it to Dar last night, we could barely stay upright long enough to enjoy an amazing meal on our road of butter chicken, prawns, Of course accompanied by a bottle of Tusker beer! I felt sick for the first 2 days just getting used to the water and food but im still not eating too much of the street food. Daresalam is a city alive with people everywhere, at all hours of the day. We had no idea that African street food could taste this good. And yes, Alykhan tried madaf (coconut), victoria, prawns, pilipili corn, sugar cane, guava, barazi, mishkakhi and loved it! We have tried many of the foods ... read more

Hi all Just a quickie here, not much time. I just want to give you a wee bit more information on any donations you might want to send out here (quite a few of you have had a few questions). Just to tell you a little something.....a couple of the other volunteers here took in the box for the world map jigsaw puzzle that I had (that was donated by one of Helen & Mike Ross's friends). Just the box, and the teacher and kids were absolutely fascinated. The teacher had never seen a map, did not know where Africa was, and was so thankful to the volunteers when she saw how far away from Africa they were from. The kids also asked if they could take the crayon boxes home with them (empty boxes), ... read more