http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Tanzania , North en-us Mon, 07 Dec 09 06:17:51 +0000 Mon, 07 Dec 09 06:17:51 +0000 This is the second blog in a series about Daniellersquos visit to the World Vegetable Center in Arusha Tanzania. This piece is cross posted from Nourishing the Planet.The World Vegetable Center is focusing on ldquobuilding a sustainable seed system in subSaharan Africa.rdquo What does that mean According to Dr. Abdou Tenkouano Director of the Regional Center for Africa it requires ldq http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-458206.html This is the first in a series of blog posts about my visit with the World Vegetable Center in Arusha Tanzania. Cross posted from Nourishing the Planet.As hunger and drought spread across Africa therersquos a huge focus on increasing yields of staple crops such as maize wheat cassava and rice. And while these crops are important for food security providing much needed calories they donr http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-457965.html Arusha is a popular gateway for packers arriving to trek Mt. Kilimanjoro a six or seven day hike and Africarsquos highest peak or to visit Serengeti National park. But for us it is also the site of the World Vegetable Center who wersquoll be meeting with and visiting several of their projects before busing to Kampala Uganda. Underneath the throngs of people at the bus terminal trying http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/blog-457514.html From Shell I have to say the trip to the Serengeti NP and back was one of the best travel experiences I have ever had. It was rough dirty tiring confronting and great fun. I'm still dreaming about it 2 weeks later.Things that stick in my mind are how fertile the land was in Western Kenya answering Marja's call for me to open the window in my campground shower and looking straight in the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Serengeti-National-Park/blog-454971.html After two years of study writing memorizing and reading a group of men are about to go forth to preach the saving message of Christ Seven men have proved their determination by diligence in their studies. I must say that the hours invested in these men at the Andrew Connally School of Preaching has been challenging for them as well as their instructors. Even though instruction has been giving http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-454609.html To go to the Serengeti we had to split up into 4 jeeps and leave the truck behind in Arusha. It was a long enough drive to the Serengeti so we stopped off at the Ngorongoro crater for our lunch and a few photos. Lunch was difficult as there were some black kites in the area that wanted our food just as much as we did. On the way we also had an unexpected break when one of the 4 wheel drives broke http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Serengeti-National-Park/blog-452426.html The middle of October 2009 brought the end of my first term of this school year 2 teacherinservice days and Denia My sister came to visit me for a quick but wonderful 10 days during my week off from school and together we terrorized read photographed and sang to the Northern circuit National Parks of Tanzania. Denia arrived on a Thursday evening and we had a quiet night in together http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Serengeti-National-Park/blog-451431.html In the center of Moshi there are many volunteers and tourists so seeing them on the street is very common. However when you go into the residential areas there is sometimes great excitement from the children on seeing a mzungu white foreigner. Most will automatically assume that you are a teacher and many wazungu the plural form of mzungu are called mwalimu teacher. Many of the ch http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-450701.html Four volunteers including myself went on safari to Ngorongoro Crater today and saw lots of great animals Elephants lions hippos zebra hyenas wildebeests buffalo gazelle ostrich crowned crane flamingos warthogs jackals baboons and a serval cat. Here are a few highlight pics http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Ngorongoro-Conservation-Area/blog-448106.html Habari RafikiToday I will start publishing photos that I have taken from various spots in Tanzania. I will start off with a picture I took while on safari near Lake Eyasi on a visit to the Hadzabe tribe. I had heard contrasting opinions about visiting the Hadzabe whether it was in their best interest or not to have outside influences enter into their lives. After visiting I am not opposed t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-447230.html Okay so as a follow up on my boastful I'm gonna climb Kili shit I would like to let everyone know that I admit defeat. I started off well got to 4000 and whilst looking at the amazing view hurt my ankle. It's my own fault really we were walking on basically just rocks and I should know by now that luck doesn't really cling to me.. so anyway our guide Richard told me I should go down as my a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-446630.html Thirteen of us all packed into the 4x4 driving 45 minutes along winding bumpy roads skidding and sliding back and forth in the muddy ruts the whole way to Karatu. After spending two whole days in bed with stomach pains and achy blah I finally went to see the doctor yesterday. I brought two other kids from the children's village who were sick as well and with both of them on my lap and se http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Ngorongoro-Conservation-Area/blog-446622.html Today is a dark day as I perform that which I swore I would never do. I am blogging. It just sounds wrong. But I am far too lazy to respond to individual emails and messages so this was the easiest route.Do not fret I will keep things short. So join me on this magical adventure into the lowest form of written word wont you FYI this site will not allow me to do apostrophes so I have opted t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-445998.html Hi everyoneSo Zanzibar was a definite adventure. Me and Jason left at 6am on Saturday morning on a bus to Dar Es Salaam where we arrived just after the last ferry to the island had left so we had to stay a night in crap Dar at a hostel called the Jambo Inn. The Saturday night was pretty much just a boring layover until we could catch the first ferry in the morning to Stonetown.We arrived in Sto http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-445733.html We schrijven deze blog vanuit een internetcafe in Arusha het toerisitisch centrum van Tanzania. Het veldwerk in Lushoto zit erop. De laatste week dat we er zaten was vrij mager op het gebied van water en elektriciteit. Door het aanhoudende droge seizoen was er weinig water in de rivieren waardoor ook de nationale watercentrales moeilijkheden hadden. Hierdoor zat het hele land zonder elektriciteit http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-445502.html Sunday is the volunteer day off so I went with 5 other volunteers into Karatu a nearby village where we went out for dinner drinks and dancing. It was a wild night for the wazungu white people a few of the staff locals from the children's village showed up too and we stayed out until about 4 am The next morning we walked about 2 miles outside of town to a local art gallery perched on t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/blog-444586.html One of my favorite sounds in the world...children singing. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Ngorongoro-Conservation-Area/blog-443729.html Hello everyoneSorry it has been a while since I've done my last blog but it is so hot here and I always put it off for tomorrowI have been living in Moshi for about 2 months now and time is starting to wind down until my smaller journey to europe. I admit I am ready to move on but I could not have asked for more here during my stay in Moshi. The people the food the weather and fun were http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-443216.html Have you noticed that life is never boring in Tanzania But sometimes we really wouldn't mind a small portion of boring. Last week we decided to go to the ldquoMassai caferdquo and enjoy a bite of lunch out and give Joy a break. We enjoyed the time out but it came at a price. Jacob got food poisoning. Two days later his fever was hitting temperatures up to 104 degree Fahrenheit and his http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-442929.html Here are some pics from the 5 day safari we did around Lake Manyara the Serengeti and Ngorogoro crater. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Serengeti-National-Park/blog-442606.html