We had a few hours to kill in Kigoma because it was too early for dinner and few people wanted to go to Ujiji to see where Stanley met Livingstone. We therefore went to the central market. I was expecting something similar to Mwanza. After all, Kigoma's 30,000 people are as strategically placfed as Mwanza's 500,000. Just joking, but I thought Kigoma would have a smaller version of Mwanza's market. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Kigoma's market, in my opinon, is a real stereotypical "African" market. Kigoma Central Market is a cramped space, less than a quarter of an [View Full Entry]

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There are days when I just plain miss home. While I explain and you read, enjoy the pictures I have added for you. Many are Sew Be It success projects, others are us in our daily lives. What do I miss you ask? Well let me see. I miss sitting on the porch and being able to see as far as I can see without the hindrance of an 8 foot concrete wall. I miss street lights, sidewalks, and drivers who obey the traffic laws, and policemen. I miss being able to leave the house, get in the car to go [View Full Entry]

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15-7-08 Today it really feels like I’m actually in Africa. It’s only just kicked in, not fully though. I’m having the best time, it feels like I’ve been here ages & I’m afraid the 3 weeks will go too fast & I’ll want to stay longer. Today (Tuesday) was the first day of work for everyone at the home base. I had an amazing day & I think everyone else did too from all the stories I’ve heard. I’m working in Soweto nursery, there are 10 children in my class & I’m working as a teaching assistant. The children are aged [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, I know it has been a long time! As you can see, I am now back in Tanzania and straight back into it! I have now been back at school for 2 days and it feels like I never left! Still, I had an amazing trip so no complaints! The tour was great, a wonderful group of people and for once I wasn’t outnumbered by Aussies! I began with 5 days on my own in Istanbul - had a good look around at everything - the history is amazing. Managed to get myself lost a number of times, but [View Full Entry]

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Monday was a blast! We woke up early, ate a quick breakfast, then drove down to the place from which we would get the boat to Gombe Stream National Park. We got there rather early but had to wait for some men to "fix" the boat and buy petrol. We therefore returned to town to purchase a few provisions that we still needed. Our boat was just big enough for all 8 of us. The ride took just under two hours and we got to see some amazing things. Lake Tanganyika is crystal clear and gets deep quickly. As we left [View Full Entry]

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Jambo (Swahili for "hello"), We arrived in Tanzania after a two day battle with Nairobi and Kenyan Airways. It seems the baggage handlers were on an unofficial holiday and failed to put our bags on the plane a couple times. After getting through that issue we took a short tour of Dar Es Salaam. We went to a huge fish market right on the coast. Although our sense of smell has not been the same since, we had a great time and enjoyed seeing a wide variety of fish and shellfish. Sean, I made a couple contacts for you, Africa Wild [View Full Entry]

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Hamjambo everybody! I'm using the computer in our homebase, and there is a line behind me so I'm going to type as much as I can remember very quickly! Today and yesterday were orientation days. Today we woke up and had to fill out about 1000 forms about why we are in Tanzania, and then the staff here put us into pairs and sent us into Karanga village with a "task". I was paired with a girl named Melanie, who actually is Australian but lives in Arusha with her husband. Our task was to walk into the village and find Shiramatunda [View Full Entry]

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There is an amazing God that guides his children and provide them with more than what they ask. Yesterday, early afternoon, I wrote a few sentences about my first day in Dar es Salaam. Well, I did not know that my experience was about to change once I left the internet cafe. I was determined to find a cheap place to eat ($2.00 dollars) and according to my book, there was a take away near the internet cafe that I wanted to find. But the map and the streets around where not matching up, and I was getting a bit frustrated [View Full Entry]

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I just completed my second day in Tanzania. I woke up at 6:45am after fighting my jet lag in the wee hours early this morning at the "Aroche Hotel" and walked to the bus station for an 8:30am departure. That's right, 8:30am. The reason why I want to enfasize on the 8:30am departure, is because I just arrived to the Karama Lodge and it is 8:30pm. Looooooooong day inside a bus, with only one stop. But if you ask me to do it again, I'll do it. Not to say, the price was right. 24,000 shillings for a 12 hour, air-conditioned [View Full Entry]

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It's 7:30am in Tanzania. 5:30am at home. Woke up half an hour ago & had museli with warm milk, now I'm sat here waiting for our first activity of the day - administration issues. All the previous volunteers said that today will be the most long & boring day for us, yey. In the afternoon we have a task that I remember doing last year. We have to pair up with someone & do a certain task. Like.. find out how much a men's haircut in Moshi is. That should be alright, but before that I think we've got loads of [View Full Entry]

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