http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Tanzania en-us Thu, 03 Dec 09 16:58:42 +0000 Thu, 03 Dec 09 16:58:42 +0000 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 First it was the malaria medication. Wersquod heard that mefloquine can have some nasty side effects but because I think Irsquom tough I wasnrsquot worried. But a week before we left for our tripmdashand when I began the malaria medicationmdashI wasnrsquot feeling very well. Bernie and I both chalked it up to lack of sleep and nerves about preparing for the trip. But by the time we http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-457795.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 Watch the video of Danielle and Bernard in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. This and other blogs can be found at the Border Jumper's website www.borderjumpers.org. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-457199.html I have been to this valley recently its a pretty good place to take my mind of in Daresalaam. This seems to be like an ancient riverbed or some kind of lake i don't know yet but ill find that out soon and what seems to be interesting about this place is the natural way that the people live in this particular valley in such a way that i feel right at home when i cross.when you start to descend to http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-456326.html Ive been up to a personal project recently and i have been moving to different places in the outskirts of Dare salaam inside the beautiful mysterious valleys probably unknown to the rest of the world. And what i was doing was pretty unusual yes really unusual for a Tanzanian to do this and i was simply looking for plants that are uniquely found and flourishing in Tanzania.Since i started the pho http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-456318.html Nov 16thWow what an interesting couple of days. Out first full day in Arusha was awesome we slept in a bit but everyone in the house is used to being up and out the door at the crack of dawn so it was too loud to stay in bed too long. There was modest but decent breakfast waiting for us and once we ate we decided to walk into town. It took us about 20 minutes to get to the downtown area and all http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/blog-455751.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 Dear Friends and Family Another Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching and we know how busy everyone is at this time of year. Please know that we wish you all a very happy day and we'll be home for the next one. In the meantime we will host as we did last year our local celebration. We expect 13 but we'll feed whomever shows up. The menu stays the same you can check out last year's blog wi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Lushoto/blog-454046.html In the heat of the day it feels as though my skin is melting off of my body. But I'm not complaining I know that soon enough I'll be back in NYC shivering wishing for a good sweat. I'm spending a few days in Stonetown before I head north for some beach time. I arrived here yesterday exhausted after my early morning balloon ride rising up with the sun over the Serengeti. It was spectacular http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Zanzibar-City/blog-453875.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 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 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 Kre alle verden overBeklager det har taget mig nsten 3 uger fr jeg fik taget mig sammen til at oprette en blog. Men nu har jeg fet fast internetforbindelse 64 KB per sekund svarer til det dialup modem vi brugte i 1995 s nu hber jeg p at vre lidt flittigere. Her er hvad der er sket so far.......Efter ikke at vre blevet hentet i lufthavnen lrdag aften troppede jeg op p Universitet http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/blog-449148.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 We landed in Kilimanjaro International Airport after Kenya Airport it was a paradise to land in big and nice airport. The air was stifling and it took time to use to it. The airport personal helped us to fix our tourist visa for Tanzania they were friendly and nice but some of them just wanted get money for nothing. We were staying in Arusha with our friends who have a fantastic place there. Th http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/blog-447857.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 Hello all We arrived safe in Tanzania yesterday and got the ferry over to Zanzibar this morning. It's hard to describe how tired we are after the 4.30am start this morning 8 hour flight to Doha 1 hour transfer and the 5 and a half hour flight from Doha to Dar Es Salaam. We slept very little on the plane because Qatar airline was fantastic and provided around 1000 entertainment options FREE al http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Zanzibar-City/blog-446943.html