http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/This-ship-has-sailed/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from This ship has sailed en-us Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:04:49 +0000 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:04:49 +0000 As January comes to a close and I reflect back on my experience at Orkeeswa and Tanzania I realize that I had a few more things to say before closing out my thoughts on this incredible journey.Upon my return the number one question asked by friends and family was how was my return experience back into the United States In other words did I endure some reverse culture shock And to that questio http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/blog-469746.html Since this is my final entry from my journey in Tanzania I feel it necessary to apologize to those who thought I would be publishing more entries. This obviously did not happen as I stand at a current seven completed. Writing just was not in the cards for me. I barely wrote in my journal which is strange looking back on it. I guess it was a combination of teaching and living my experience rather http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-461007.html This past Friday we put together a girl's football match between the preform girls the class I teach the most and the form 1 girls. Well what a showdown it was. The competitive side of me came out in full force although I know absolutely nothing about coaching soccer but unfortunately the preform girls lost in a sudden death shootout. It was overwhelming to see how the girls responded to the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/blog-451593.html This is such a long overdue blog post its incredible I am sorry for the lapse in time for anyone who actually reads this but I have been wheeling and dealing with school travel and much else I am so in love with this country and everything that I am doing. Without a doubt I know that I am exactly where I am supposed to be. The students are amazing and I have a blast teaching them. They think http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/blog-446045.html So I am sitting here in the Arusha internet cafe with ten minutes left on my account. I had a beautifully written entry all typed up on my laptop and then of course forgot to bring it so this one will have to do. Everything is going very well. The students are amazing It was quite entertaining pronouncing all their names on Monday the most challenging one being L'Tongchamwaki. I still don't thi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/blog-437899.html So I had a wonderful blog entry all typed and ready to post in the Amsterdam airport only to have the connection fail just as I was about to post it Great. I was commenting on my long ass flight that seriously showed the worse movies with the only highlight being Ryan Reynolds. I also finally realized the outfit I was wearing while in route and seriously have to question my early morning fashion http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/blog-436016.html It is now 10 days until I depart on my four month teaching journey to Tanzania. I feel ready and excited but also nervous and anxious. This experience is definitely new territory but I feel extremely grateful that I get to go and teach in this capacity.I'm really looking forward to the party coming up this weekend at my parent's house with all of our family and friends. I wish that more of my col http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-431900.html