http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/teachers/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from teachers en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:58:47 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:58:47 UTC Tanzania First Impressions and Safari WARNING 1Being in the US with unlimited highspeed internet this post is long. 2The videos on the left are of the lion and elephant battles we witnessed at the Maasai Kopjes.As previously mentioned in the last post on July 6th we departed from Kigali Rwanda and flew to Kilimanjaro the airportregion Tanzania. Cindy and I both regretted that we didn http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/blog-191707.html In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir NOTE Once you get to the summit portion of the blog watch the video to the left of Andrew and I at the summit of Kilimanjaro If you are going to read this or watch any of the videos make sure to watch the one entitled ldquoThe Top of Kilimanjaro.rdquo Most of this is written by Cindy but I made sure to put in a few http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-189410.html After camping in the Serengeti for three nights we took real showers and we are writing from the beautiful lodge we are at in Karatu Tanzania outside of Ngorongoro Crater National Park. Wersquove been ldquoon safarirdquo since my last entry five days ago and we have many tales to tell from Tanzania. In this entry we want to share more of our absolutely wonderful experience in Rwanda and http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/North/Ngorongoro-Conservation-Area/blog-180441.html I only have ten minutes before we leave for Tarangire National Park to see elephants. It would be impossible to describe how much we loved Rwanda and how meaningful of an experience it was in such a short time. The second day we were in Rwanda we visited the genocide museum in Kigali. The museum has exibits on Rwanda's history the Rwandan genocide and other genocides. It contains information ab http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-178254.html Andrew and I arrived in Nairobi on Saturday after two long flights and four hours in Amsterdam. Our experience in Nairobi was wonderful minus Andrew getting a mosquito bite in the first hour and worrying about malaria... We slept under a mosquito net for the first time and had no trouble at the airport. The country of Kenya and the city have improved a lot in the last five years as the Kenyan go http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Rwanda/Ville-de-Kigali/Kigali/blog-176203.html Addition 8707 You have already read this blog and I'm sorry it got sent out again I am trying to retrieve our blogs as they all got deleted due to a problem with the website. New blogs about the last month of our trip are coming in the next few days.Cindy's PartI think I am going to let Andrew write all of our blogs from Africa because then you will get more detail than you ever wanted http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/blog-174454.html We have set up this blog so we can update family friends coworkers and students about our travel to Africa this summer. Between visas shots medications reservations training and a lot of research we have been busy preparing for the last few months for our trip to Tanzania and Rwanda. Our goal is to blog about our experiences as internet access permits over the month of July in which we wil http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/blog-171008.html