Blogs from Tanzania, Africa - page 360

Greetings, Grace and Peace, It is our hope and prayer that your week has been blessed, that you are actively serving the Lord, from where ever you are.Time is begining to sneek up on us. In Just 4 weeks we will be shipping our container, Aug. 18. Only 8 weeks until we will leave for Africa. We want to be able to keep all of you up to date on all that goes on why we are co-laboring in the mission field, so we have created a web site that we will update at least weekly, some pictures daily(depending on the activities and time of year). On the web site we will have an archive of all of our short reports, as well, this is where we will post new things that are happening in our ... read more

Preface It has been too long since I added another chapter to this blog. My excuse is that I have been burdened with work and writing presents another labour. Not to mention Iran blocking travelblog.org! This is likely my last entry from Tanzania 2006 and fills the gap between Zanzibar and Tanganyika. The three short journals are but fragments of my experience and there is more that could be told but there is more travel to be done. The bit in-between Leaving Amani, I found myself on the same buses on which I had come: Ndio Zetu to Muheza and then Tayassar to Chalinze. Here the bus turned left towards Dar es Salaam and the driver made an impromptu stop for me to jump off. After a quick lunch, I boarded a no-name minibus to Morogoro. ... read more

hallo familie en vrienden Tot nu toe hebben we een prachtige reis. Het is een vol programma met om half zes opstaan. Veel wild gezien en ook tarangire national (boa bab bomen) bezocht en lake eyazi. ook hebben we drie stammen bezocht. de masai, datok en de hatsabe. Met deze prehistorische stam, de hatsabe, zijn we op jacht geweest. Mathijs heeft een echt killer instinct. We hebben tot nu toe olifanten, giraffen, struisvogels, apen, bavianen en ga zo maar door. Maar nog geen leeuwen. We zijn ook nog naar een slangen park geweest waar we black mamba's hebben gezien, baby schildpadjes, krokodilletjes hebben vastgehouden en slangen in de nek hebben gekregen. We hebben al drie nachten gekampeerd en verder slapen we in leuke lodges. Morgen gaan we naar het beroemde Serengeti. Groetjes van allemaal P.S. Helaas ... read more

Cool, Crazy, Like a Banana in the Fridge So I have a theory... And it's that you can tell a lot about a nation of people by how they greet each other. For example: Australian: Q: "How you going?" A: Good, thanks! (Even though in the literal sense it could be claimed that our answer should be "By Car" or "Fast") British: Q: "You Allright?" A. Yes, thank you. (Even though every time I get asked this my initial reaction is to say - "Yes, I'm fine - does it not look like I'm allright!?" - eg Is my head falling off or something?) East African Q: "Mambo!?" A. Poa Poa. Poa Kichizi, Kaman Dizi, Dan Ya Frigi So arguably, Aussie's passion for sport has gone so far that our greeting uses a verb relating ... read more

I have arrived at the university of dar es salaam. it is beautiful, i am living in a dormroom on the fifth floor of one of the halls with a perfect personal porch that i see now will act as a wonderful refuge. there is a monkey (a baboon) outside of the window right now from the internet center near my dorm. i have been watching all the monkeys and cats on campus. they have such personality! scratching...much like the squirrels i adore back in new york. cats with one eyes, nobody likes them but i love to watch them from my little porch. the group of us, ten americans, went into dar yesterday. its farther from the university than i thought. it took about 50 minutes on the dalla dalla, the small busses that take ... read more