http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Tanzania , East , Lushoto en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:54:06 BST Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:54:06 BST Dear Blog Readers And if you can read this you know who to thank...a teacher. How can you teach or learn without books The library project has the OK and smiles of the headmaster and teachers so begin to collect and send BOOKS...any type subject. I think if everyone reading this blog would send whatever would fit into a bubble mailer or small box marked SCHOOL SUPPLIES to the following add http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-332821.html Vi koerte fra Arusha med endnu en luksus bus tidligt om morgenen med vores morgenmadsboks som bestod af noget toert broed med syltetoej og 2 aeg hver og en banan. Herfra gik ruten til Mombo en lille landsby mellem Moshi og Dar hvor vi blev hentet af Alex. Der var dog mange om budet som ville hjaelpe os med at komme videre saa dejligt af han stod klar. Efter en sodavand gik turen i en fin jeep o http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-329986.html Dear Banks Blog Followers Well the power has been restored to Lushoto so I will do what I set off to do today along with shopping and mailing. We both had our first real teaching experience this week and what an eye opener. It would take a long time to really describe. But picture a classroom with only wooden desks blackboad and chalk...that's it. Oh and 80 eager to learn students jamm http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-328119.html Dear Bloggers We hope you are enjoying almost autumn. Last year at this time we were happily winding our way across the USA in our motorhome and seeing some of you which was great fun. No football homecoming or Halloween decor is present here as it is springtime in the southern hemisphere and we see blossoms on trees with the red potato harvest in full swing. Down in our valley green and fl http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-325171.html Dear Friends of the Blog It is getting to be spring time in Melindi and the fruit trees are just starting to bloom. The air is warm and the sky is blue except at night when it is so black as a backdrop to starry nights and a new moon...the same one you are looking at. It reminds us of some Sierra skies when we were camping as there is no artificial light. We came to our bankingpost office t http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-320070.html Dear Blog Travelers We are now at our site a village malindi about 1.5 hrs. from Lushoto via dala dala and foot. Unfortunately this is also the closest internet so dont give up on us if you havent heard from us for awhile. This is also our banking town and mail delivery so we will make the trek...also supplies. You can get the address from Jenn. This is a cooler mountain area which stays gr http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-317149.html Easter provided us with the opportunity to get away for the 4 day break but with distance and travel time here a big consideration we were never going to travel that far. We decided to go with 2 other teachers Louise and Lauren to the Usambara Mountains which are about half way between Arusha and Dar Es Salaam which is on the coast. We planned to do some hiking and relaxing in the mountains wh http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-153103.html Well as Jas's and Jord's blog pointed out we went to Lushoto after leaving Zanzibar for some hiking through the Usambara Mountains. Lushoto and the subsequent hike has to be a highlight of my time in Tanzania as touts were few in Lushoto and less skilled and nonexistent in the countryside. People were genuinely friendly instead of being friendly to try and rip you off. The smiling and the http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-77931.html It's been awhile since my last update After spending the last couple days in Zanzibar basically just waiting to leave and coming up with an excuse to celebrate and drink we then boarded our ferry back to Dar Es Salaam. The ferry left at 9 pm at night but when we got there an hour before departure it was sold out. Thankfully there was another ferry and even cheaper that left at 10pm. We initia http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-76617.html Well Sunday night after finishing up my last entry on this page we packed up and got ready to hit the ferries back to the mainland of Tanzania. The ferry was to leave at 10pm and all of us were exhausted and hungover from the previous night of festivities. Arriving at the ferry terminal we got our passports checked and boarded. Shown to the first class section which is not much of a first clas http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-76243.html Bus window hawkers in Tanzania are very strong and very cheeky people. I will be sitting reading my book when all of a sudden the next thing I know one has pried open the window and stuffed a BBQd corn on the cob into my face on the end of a long wooden stick. I turn to look at him which is immediately taken as a sign that Irsquom interested so out of no where another five corn sellers sho http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-75691.html Hiking Around Lushoto Wednesday 21506I partially woke up the next morning at about 500 Am when the roosters began to crow then other birds began to sing and whistle. This was followed at about 530 by the imam groaning his call to prayer over loudspeakers installed in the minarets a few blocks away. About 600 AM the church bell began ringing the faithful to mass. Soon the warbling bus horn http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-41867.html Arriving in LoshotoLike the town the Lushoto bus station is small but it has all the accoutrements of bus stations everywhere hellip cab drivers touts food vendors newspaper vendors etc. all hawking their wares or services. Standing there with our suitcases and looking like antelope to a pride of Lions we freaked and tried to scurry up the road to safety. A few of the more persistent offici http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-41864.html Bus Ride to Loshoto Tuesday 21406For 8500 TSh each Tanzanian shillings about 8 we bought bus tickets to Lushoto. It turns out that I bought tickets for a nonexpress bus so it stopped along the way for just about anyone who wanted a ride. Unlike India we didnrsquot have to share our seats with one or more passengers and they didnrsquot fill up the aisles with people and luggage. Al http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-41862.html Monday night in MoshiOur night was pretty good. I worked on the computer hoping to post things before we left but Bill fell asleep with his clothes on and I didn't have the heart to wake him. The fan was on high speed and so I took the chance that we didn't need the mosquito net so we were reasonably cool for the night. Bill got 9 hours and I slept for 8.We tried to carry our packs on our back http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-41573.html I am reading from Granta an English publication of new writers of ideas. By coincidence the last issue focuses on Africa. I want to write from the back cover of this journalAfrica is too large and diverse fore generalizations. It has fiftyfour nations five time zones at least seven climates more than 800 million people and according to the latest diligent research maybe 14 million prover http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-41568.html HelloYou will all be happy to know that i am fully recovered from my malaria. For a few days i was really tired and drained and my whole body felt heavy but by Thursday i was back to my usual self. This weekend we finally made the trip up to Lushoto. We have new housemates now Toby Ryan and Tom and so Lisa they and I headed up to the mountains in the mood for adventure. We got quite excited http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-11209.html This is installment 2 of 3 in my vacation serieshellip sorry for being longwinded.........and for subjecting you to the workings of my quirky mindACT 1 UNACCEPTABLESetting The Fasaha aka the ldquoUnacceptable BusrdquoCharacters The Driver Sporting a large bandage protruding about 2rdquo from his forehead enjoys indiscriminate usage of the Bus Horn The Bus Horn Yes it deserv http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-9495.html