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Photos for Ngorongoro Crater Africa » Tanzania » Ngorongoro Crater By ChivalryMay 18th 2007Johan PhoeaOK.. photos for Ngorongo Crater is up.. Enjoy!!... read more

This morning we discovered what life is like in Africa. It was about 6:30am and the lights in our little bungalows started to buzz and shine very brightly... all of a sudden - POOF! The power blew out the lights. I was working on my laptop at the time and just before the electricity blew I was able to pull the cord out so I managed to save my computer from being fried by the power surge. The guys weren't as lucky. They had their camera batteries charging and the whole charger just popped like a cork and went dead... So while Richard went into town to see a Mr Fix-It, Luke and I went out to film on the building site - trying to conserve as much battery as possible just in case the ... read more

And we're Day 5 of 43 of the tour! Whee.. Currently, in Arusha, Tanzania.. a town that acts as a base for those who wants to climb kilimanjaro and do the national parks in north tanzania.. Spent US$340 to do the Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater option for the past 3 days.. I must say the experience have been great.. Worth or not worth the money? I'd say game parks are expensive in East Africa.. so if you want to experience it.. you have to pay for it.. didn't really think about the question of worth or not worth anymore.. Serengeti is a wide wide plains.. with sceneries that so typicalize (spelling? word?) "Africa".. actually i resent that plains and a single Acacia tree sort of symbolizes Africa.. cos Africa is so much more ... read more

After spending only 1.5 hours in a line trying to secure a visa to enter the country, we walked out into the heat to be greeted by local Salvation Army officers, Major Isaac and Major Chalwe. They drove us to the Salvo’s compound in Dar es Salaam, which houses the Command Headquarters, a hostel, an HIV/AIDS education centre, conference centre and a school for physically handicapped children, the only one of its type in the country. We’re staying in these cute A-Frame bungalows that aren’t exactly five star but will do the trick for the next five days. Everyone’s really friendly and we’ve come across a few people we remember from last trip, like Godlisten, a child at the school for the handicapped. NOTE: We are having trouble uploading photos at the moment, so we'll ... read more

Hello everyone, One of the main events of the past week was the first Teacher's Workshop for the ladies of the congregation in Moshi. This was the first time they experienced a program of this kind. Judy Hall, who has been visiting from the States, gave a lesson concerning the accountability that teachers have for what they teach. I gave a lesson on the purpose of Bible class. After our lessons, Julie Richardson divided the ladies into four groups. Each group was given a segment of Scripture, and the ladies were given the assignment to made a visual aid to illustrate the Scripture. This was a completely new concept to these ladies. They were a little apprehensive at first, but after a little help, they started getting the idea. One of the assignments was related ... read more