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I made it to Tanzania!! Flew into Mt. Kilimanjaro airport last night under a full moon and starry skies. Arrived at the Outpost Lodge in Arusha an hour later, exhausted and dehydrated, unsure of my surroundings in the darkness all around me. Taken to my room, I didn't dare step outside to try to find water or food, for fear of the tigers outside my door....actually there were no tigers, just howling winds and avacado seeds falling onto my thatch roof and trees slamming into my windows...you can just imagine in my delirious state...I'm thinking it's got to be tigers! Needless to say, after crawling under my mosquito net and lying with my eyes wide open for hours, I slept very little before waking up at sunrise to peek out my door at the amazing beauty ... read more

Here is where I try to sell myself through my writing, so that you feel inspired to follow along on my adventures. For my family, and all of you who know I’m not so much a phone person, it’s the best way to keep in touch while I’m away. You can post comments and send me messages and stuff on the site too. How is that different from email? Well, to be honest, I'm not sure how many personal emails I will get to write during my stay in the Tanzanian Children’s Village. They have limited electricity, the only source of which are solar panels, and given that I arrive at the start of the rainy season, there may be a lot of cloudy days with no electricity. I’m imagining us all running around with headlamps ... read more