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Africa » Tanzania » North » Musoma September 9th 2006

The Farm to Tembu Beach Lake Victoria A full day driving ... read more
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Africa » Tanzania » East » Dar es Salaam September 8th 2006

Aan het eind van mijn eerste week in Dar es Salaam, kwam ik erachter dat vrijdag helemaal niet zo’n slechte dag is. De woensdag wordt vaak gehyped, en niet onterecht, maar de vrijdag is helemaal zo gek nog niet. Vanwaar dit slappe verhaal? Ik zal het proberen uit te leggen. Eerst even wat nuttige achtergrond informatie: In Tanzania heeft nog nooit iemand gehoord van een 40-urige laat staan een 36-urige werkweek. De meeste mensen werken hier namelijk dagelijks. Dagelijks houdt in dit geval in dat je tussen 7.00 en 8.00 uur op je werkplek arriveert en deze zo’n 12 uur later weer verlaat. En ja, 7 dagen per week! Het hele jaar door? Nee hoor, maak je geen zorgen. De overheid van Tanzania heeft namelijk besloten dat iedereen 28 dagen per jaar vrij moet hebben. Wat ... read more
Kitu en Kiku
Sorry Ab!

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha September 8th 2006

The Power of the Printed Word. We’ve all heard that phrase before … maybe about poetry, the Bible, political debates on the front page of the newspaper, or words of wisdom from a simple children’s book. I have never witnessed such a reaction to something I have written myself until June of this year. Most of you know that the Kensington Woods Church of Christ distributes a monthly newsletter for the TZ2000 work. Several try to pitch in and provide articles for it as we can, and I was excited when my “Sew Bee It” article was printed in the June edition. In case some of you done receive the Newsletter, let me first say that if you want to be put on the mailing list to receive it (it’s free of course), just let me ... read more
By the Truckload!
My First Quilt
Twisted Spool

Africa » Tanzania » East » Dar es Salaam September 6th 2006

Feelings much much better, back in Dar, came back right in the middle to end of the registration process, when will that end! going to eat some really delicious ethiopian food now at Addis in Dar, had a healh and society class today as well as an art class, which was playing theater games with the art students, nice relaxed atmosphere in that class. saw some old african films last with the film class i will probably take if only to see old african films at night on a small projector screen. I finally looked at the major news headlines (if im missing anything seriously important, i hoped someone would e-mail me or something, the internet is getting so hard to use now that so many students are here.) and I hope SLC and the East ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » East » Dar es Salaam September 5th 2006

Om 08.00 uur ging de wekker. Douchen, ontbijten en spullen pakken. Even na 09.00 uur liep ik het hotel uit. De rest van de wereld was zo te zien al een tijdje wakker, wat een bedrijvigheid! Precies 15 seconden nadat ik de deur van het hotel achter me dicht gooide, kwam er een mannetje of 5 op me afrennen of ik misschien een taxi wilde hebben. Hapana, asante! (beschaafd Swahili voor opzouten). Mijn begeleider was nog niet gearriveerd. Ik zocht een plekje op de binnenplaats van het hotel met uitzicht op de entree. Na een kwartier gewacht te hebben, besloot ik de tijd te doden met een Suduko. Deze bezigheid werd echter abrupt onderbroken doordat een persoon mij aansprak. Ik keek op naar de persoon die verdacht weinig op mijn begeleider leek. Voor me stond een ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar September 4th 2006

Well, Suraj flew back Friday night and Manoj & Daxa flew to Zanzibar early Saturday morning. After our shortest flight ever (15 minutes) we reached Zanzibar Airport, picked up our luggage and were transported to La Gemma Del Resort which was about an hours drive away on the north side of the Island. This resort was fabulous. It was at a very good location, really nice beach, all the rooms on a hill overlooking the blue waters in the Indian Ocean. There was a little gym located in an open hut with a really nice ocean view. We had a nice lunch, dinner and breakfast and we spent sometime on the beach relaxing. Next two nights were at Serena - Stone Town, Zanzibar. (Downtown Zanzibar) Very centrally located - right on the Indian Ocean. Our room ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » North » Mount Kilimanjaro September 4th 2006

We did it! Kilimanjaro at 5,895m conquered by Merryn, Joe and Mike at 6:24am on Saturday 2 September 2006. And here are the details....... After I had been away from Australia for 4 months, Joe was finally able to join me in my world adventure, even if it was for only one week. But what a great week it was. Mike, Joe's best mate, also joined in for the challenge. As mentioned a little later, I know I would not have made it to the top without them. So, note to anyone contemplating this climb - take good friends with you. We met up in Nairobi, took a bus to Moshi, Tanzania and waited at our hotel to meet our guide and find out a little more about what we were in for over the next ... read more
Day 2
Early morning sun on Kili
Flora

Africa » Tanzania » East » Dar es Salaam September 4th 2006

SWISS - LX 737 0715 0850, SWISS - LX 292 0945 2015. Voor de zekerheid stuurde ik de avond voor mijn vertrek deze informatie nog naar mijn begeleider. Ik had het hem al gestuurd maar je weet nooit! Na een onrustige nacht ging om 04.00 uur de wekker. Fuck ass, het ging er dan toch van komen! Op het ticket stond dat gedurende de vlucht van Amsterdam naar Zurich men een snack kreeg. Aangezien ik hier weinig vertrouwen in had en eten bij mij toch redelijk belangrijk is, probeerde ik wat na binnen te krijgen. (Raar, want de durum döner gaat er normaal gesproken gemakkelijk in rond dit tijdstip). Eenmaal op Schiphol begon het wachten. Eerst bij het inchecken en in de vertrekhal. Bij het inchecken had ik gelukkig aangenaam gezelschap, maar mijn vertrekhal was het ... read more
Nairobi airport
Nathan

Africa » Tanzania » East » Kibaya September 2nd 2006

Many things have been happening this week, some very interesting and i am following leads for unexpected research that i would rather not publish on the internet. in any case, firstly, i should mention that i have malaria. it makes life almost impossible, but i am on medication and i am sure will recover soon. high fever, muscle and joint pains, all of the symptoms i have and so my brain has not been working quickly lately. the internet is my one activity of the day so i am not stuck in bed all day. instead of taking the train back (which was almost impossible anyway since the 1st and 2nd class tickets were sold out), i am going to fly back to dar asap, which seems to be on monday. now i will continue about ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » East » Kibaya September 2nd 2006

that night we slept at the park hostel, which is rather expensive at 20 dollars a night per person. the night before if i didnt mention, we went to stay in the village near the burundi border and woke up early to catch a boat to gombe. the night in the park we met a very nice solo lady traveller danielle and spoke to her all night about her travells for the past 10 years all over east africa. the 2nd day at gombe was not near as exciting as the first because there was a major fire in the park. all of the researchers went to take care of the fire all night so there were none in the forest tracking the chimps. therefore, our guide who knew nothing took us up and down mountains ... read more




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