http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Karin83/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Karin83 en-us Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:40:22 BST Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:40:22 BST From the great savanna till spice icelandWe got all we expected from this trip and more. During our three week vacation we came close to impressive animals real close met wonderful people saw the biggest slum in Africa fed turtles lerned how spices look in nature were awoken by lion roaring learned about the masai culture and much more. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Nungwi/blog-275757.html My trip to the Philippines was an eyeopening experience.I was in Tacloban for three weeks working as a volunteer. I did everything from painting houses to feeding and playing with kids. Being a teacher for a 4th grade school class and telling them all about Norway was probably the most fun.The Filipino people are extremely friendly. I stayed in a community called Bliss community with about 42 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Leyte/Tacloban/blog-275730.html