Masai Mara And of course a few more safari pics : ) Enjoy [View Full Entry]

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Mombasa & Watamu As you probably see, I don't write as much now as I did in south america last year. The first part of this travel was studies, and I didn't feel that it was much to write about. The second part is like a short holiday. And this time I didn't really find the good feeling about writing. (the internet down here has not been as good as in parts of south america either...) But I give you a few photo's anyway. Maybe they can inspire you ; ) [View Full Entry]

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Mt. Kenya The main reason I went over to Kenya after the studies in Tanzania, was to hook up with Lars, a friend from Norway, and do some climbing at Mt. Kenya. We arrived Nairobi on tuesday 2nd of march, and planned for 12 days in the mountain. A norwegian contact we got in Nairobi helped us out to arrange some practical stuff, and we headed up towards the mountain on thursday. When we arrived McKinders camp at 4200 metres above sea level, Lars got serious headache and it simply wouldn't stop. So after just a couple of days in the [View Full Entry]

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Safari After 4 weeks of studying we finished on friday and went for a safari for three days. We were 10 students in total and two jeeps. We visited 3 different parks which all gave us different experiences. I might write a bit more later, but I think the pictures will tell the most of the story from this trip. Enjoy [View Full Entry]

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The African Life Hello! We’re getting close to our finish of the field work now. Actually our last day is going to be on Friday, and on Saturday we are heading off on a Safari! Three days and three national parks in the area. Lake Manyara, Tangariki and Ngorongoro National parks. After that I’m jumping on a bus on Tuesday to Nairobi. Anyway, the last week has been quit nice. We have moved to Marangu now, and we are living in a big house with a couple of German nurses and a Finish dentist. As I said earlier in a blog, [View Full Entry]

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Jambo! Or; hello, as it means in Swahili. I’ve been here for a couple of weeks now, but I’m afraid it’s going slow with the Swahili learning. I’m starting to understand the basic greetings, but it’s far away from any conversation. Since I don't have much to write about, I'll give you a short briefing of Tanzania's history instead. You might know some of this already, but it's always good with a little repetition ; ) • The first signs of human beings can be traced back 3.6 million years ago when a party of two or three trekked across the [View Full Entry]

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On the road again I’m back on the road again, this time to the African continent! After I came back from my South America Travel in July 2008, I started a course in “International Development Studies” on Oslo University College. The first year contains a field study in a country abroad and my choice was Tanzania. We are going to spend 7 weeks down here in total. About 4 and a half of them studying, and then I’m heading off to Kenya to do some climbing with Lars Magnus, a friend of mine who is coming down to meet me in [View Full Entry]

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Hey guys! I've just booked plane tickets to Tanzania in january 2009! In august I started on "International Development Studies" at Oslo University College. A field project has a central place of the first year, and my group is going to Tanzania for 5 weeks. Four of us are planning to write about "Tourism and its impact on the local culture and people" Hopefully this trip and project will give me and us new perspectives and defenitely new knowledge about a culture I never have experienced "live" before. I've been thinking about Africa as a place to visit for a long [View Full Entry]

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The last days.... : ( This was my last couple of days of my 8 months of travelling! I´m looking forward to get home, but I had such a great time and I have done some much stuff the last months, so I´m in a good travel mood at the moment. Guess I have to start planning my next travel right away, to make up for the loss I gonna feel ; ) I came back from Ilha Grande on friday and booked in to another hostel than last sunday. Ipanema Beach House was a bit more expensive, but totally worth [View Full Entry]

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To Ilha Grande for more scuba-diving! I arrived in Rio on Sunday, but headed off for Ilha Grande south of Rio on Monday. I heard from many travellers that this beautiful island without any roads or cars and fantastic beaches spread around the Island, is worth a visit. I went there with the aim of doing some more scuba diving. I think Ilha Grande is the closest spot to Rio which is not to bad for diving. It´s good to do a bit just after the course to be more safe on the routines. After three days of diving, two barbeque [View Full Entry]

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