http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Tanzania , East , Dar es Salaam en-us Mon, 07 Dec 09 18:21:17 +0000 Mon, 07 Dec 09 18:21:17 +0000 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 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 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 Hello thereI'm looking to relocate from Brussels to Dar es salaam in January 2010 I'm looking to get a visa for a year but am pretty open minded with no immediate mid to longterm plans so coudl easily stay longer if I find myself loving it I'd love to teach English in local schools and learn Swahili alongside teaching dramatheatre in International schools I assume that since I speak no http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-438220.html So on my way home last night I decided to take a shortcut through the back of Masaki an old fishing village now absorbed into the big urban sprawl of Dar es Salaam. The roads predictably untarmacced spelling are terrible which is great as it means noone else goes that way and I can escape the heavy traffic along the main road. Turning a corner I had to pull up short as in front of me http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-435108.html Mambo marafiki wangu Some homework for you allhellipOk so apologies again for taking so long to write this I have no doubt whatsoever that my travel blog is the highlight of your daysweeksmonths and therefore that I have failed you all with my lack of reporting I am most sorry So whatrsquos been happening on this side of the lsquopondrsquo Letrsquos start with work So strangel http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-434513.html Hi everyoneI guess itrsquos been a while since I postedhellip Irsquove been in the field the last several days where I got to chase a bunch of elephants yay and also just as fun to take all my field assistants into the park just as a thank you for all their hard work. These are the field assistants who collect data on elephant raids in the villages where they each live one in parti http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-434334.html OK so Day Mark 1 of Blog 2. Last time I tried this I didn't get very far despite having a seemingly endless story bank it felt weird typing it all up onto the screen. SO I gave up. However since then I have found myself reading other people's blogs with increasing interest and thought I'd have another go. Life here is so endlessly absurd so utterly ridiculous that often the sheer lunac http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-431026.html And thus my third Annual Charity Goat Race rolled around This time we went ahead and decided to be Goat Owners. So... we came up with the stable name 70s Prime Time breeders' name racing style and Goat Name... The LOVE GOAT One of the catches of owning a goat is that you never actually see the goat until race time. It's all for show... there's no training finetuning etc. possible. But http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-430415.html Wednesday April 8 2009 I was sorry to be leaving Tanzania. What an unbelievable experience. Bill would stay until Sunday while Lennard and Dan would be there a few more weeks.I went down to breakfast converted my Tanzanian shillings to US dollars and was greeted by Sheiba in the lobby. James was there too. We weren't sure who was going to the airport with me so said our farewells just http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-430225.html Tuesday April 7 2009 We gathered our gear and entered a luxurious bus that Sanjay himself drove to the Kilimanjaro Airport. I was in the front seat across the aisle from him right over the wheels with a panoramic view through the large windshield. The scenes and activities of the countryside provided good photo ops. I was so busy taking pictures that we were at our destination before I re http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-430223.html Wednesday April 1 2009 Our group was smallermdashonly Lennard Dan Bill Hudson Sheiba Martin and I would do the day's activities. We were late for our appointment with Professor Rwekasa S. Mukandala Vice Chancellor University of Dar Es Salaam USDM but he was kind enough to rearrange his schedule and meet with us. The history of USDM is quite interesting. Begun in 1961 as an affil http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-429255.html Tuesday March 31 2009 I had a slight problem with my stomach so thought I'd be conservative about what I ate at breakfast. My mouth watered for the fresh fruit but I was content with ldquoover easyrdquo eggs. No sense in tempting fate.Our first appointment the next morning was with ITVmdashIndependent Television Limited a station that began in 1994. The majority of its programming http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-429114.html Monday March 30 2009 Two vehicles picked us up for our day's activities. Sheiba Bulu the Ministry's Communications Officer joined us for the duration of the factfinding mission. She was a very valuable member of the team at least in my eyes. Besides her other duties she was the person who found the Ladies' Room for me in each of the places we visited. At my age that was essential. W http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-429108.html Sunday March 29 2009 After traveling almost 24 hours from Houston via Amsterdam Lennard Dan and I arrived in Dar es Salaam the night of March 28th. Each of us had a good night's sleep and awoke ready for the adventure that lay before us. The Southern Sun Hotel was our home base. It proved to be idealmdashcomfortable rooms savory meals and a wonderful staff eager to help us. As we ate http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-428800.html Hallo allemaalDit is mijn laatste blog uit Tanzania morgen vlieg ik helaas terug naar Nederland.De reis is fantastisch geweest een onvergetelijke ervaring. De laatste twee weken heb ik hele bijzondere dingen meegemaakt en het meeste daarvan heb ik niet verteld aan jullie gewoon omdat ik geen tijd had voor een extra blog.De interviews en bezoeken aan de dorpen de reizen door Tanzania de k http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-428393.html En hier dan ook de eerste foto's van Dar es Salaam de heerlijk Nederlands Nederlandse ambassade van Dayana en van de Indische Oceaan.Groetjes Harmen http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-426144.html its been a long time since i last updated ... probably around 3 weeks or closer to a month. that is actually really crazy for me to think about not being around a computer ... i don't think i have been away from a computer this long ever since ... well ever ... ever since my first computer when i was probably 10 years old in our apartment in Haifa. So what have i been up to well i have been read http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-426095.html