Blogs from Arusha, North, Tanzania, Africa - page 10

Serengeti, Ngorogngoro and other parks in Tanzania

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha » Ngorongoro August 9th 2011

elephant pushing over a tree to get the leaves at the top

Next morning we got up early, had our free brekky then got a cab to the bus terminal to get a bus to Moshi. Dario told me to stay in the car which I was very happy to do since we were bombarded with touts, and im so over touts! He went off to look at the buses and buy the tickets, they tried to charge us 38000 each, when the ticket itself says 25000 so we paid 25000 for Fresh Coach (we had never heard of them, and had been planning on taking Dar Express, but the next one wasn’t for hours), and it was comfy enough. We only broke down once, and only for about 10 mins very close to Moshi. We got a taxi to our hotel called Twiga Home, just outside the ... read more

Half-way point in Arusha

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha July 26th 2011

bartles

Haven't blogged for awhile since really haven't had much to write about. Today. left at my usual time to catch the daladala (mini bus) for work (7:00 am) and thought it a bit odd not see any on the street. Waited for about 10 minutes when was told the daladala drivers are on strike today. Really no way to get to work since it is betwenn 45-75 minute ride to the hospice so walked back to house. Texted work to let them no I could not make it and decided I would go to the Rwanda genocide hearings today. There is a building in Arusha dedicated to the hearings and have been wanting to go. so perfect day since the hearings are only on Monday-Thursday. It is about brisk 30 minute walk to the hearing center. ... read more

Im so sorry about my rubbishness of blogging but I have been in the middle of nowhere.....

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha » Ngorongoro July 18th 2011

Whistles

Ok, so an update, for practically the last month. I have my excuses. I havent been near a computer for a while...also apologies for the lack of apostrophies....i cant find them on this exotic tanzanian keyboard. So I guess, there is a lot to update you with. We finished pre field training at Peacehouse, splitting up into practise teaching groups to work out how we were going to teach various groups of people..... village elders, school kids etc etc. Finally we got split into our REAL teaching groups for the villages. MARUVANGO is my village, i have a group with 6 other volunteers, 3 other americans and myself, as well as two teaching partners.... We moved to the ward of Leguruki - and moved into our homestays.... Baba Marco is my dad, he is a farmer, ... read more

Slangepark og kamelridning

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha July 9th 2011

Kamelridning

Conrads

Idag var vi ude og se slanger og ride på kameler. Vi så en giftig slange. Det var en sort mamba. den store sorte mamba kan finde på at følge efter cyklister. Den er meget farlig. Vi fik også lov at holde slanger de var ikke store eller farlige. Vi så maasaier og deres huse. Sejt. Mor kunne ikke lide slangerne. Vi fik lov at ride på nogle kameler. Christopher... read more

Motocross og besøg hos Jingu

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha July 8th 2011

Fuld fart frem!

Conrads

Idag var vi ude og køre cross i den dejlige varme afrikanske natur hos Per Bjerre - og det var en fed oplevelse. Flere styrtede, men ikke mig:) Per var meget sej til at køre, og han kunne springe 30 meter med crosseren. Der var nogle seje, og sjove flyvhop. Vi kørte i rigtig lang tid, og det var mega sejt. Jeg kunne dog ikke hoppe 30 meter som Per, men klarede fint de små flyvhop. De havde også nogle søde hunde, en af dem havde lige fået hvalpe. Jonathan Efter en spændende eftermiddag med crosserne gik vi hen til en meget god ven af familien - Jingu, som vi voksede op sammen med på Sanjaranda. Han havde fået bygget sig og sin familie et nyt hus i et rigtigt flot område. Vi spiste sammen med ... read more

Hos Torkild og Tabitha Jensen, Arusha

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha July 7th 2011

Torkild og Kadogo

Conrads

Endnu en oplevelsesrig dag for os alle - endnu en dag, hvor vi alle blev rørt af arbejdet, som Tabitha og Torkild Jensen gør blandt Tanzanias børn og fattigste. Vi var i igår med på børnekampagne i Maroroni, lige nordøst for Arusha med Torkild og team. En smuk tur derud der gik tæt på Kilimanjaro og Tanzanias næsthøjeste bjerg Meru, og en tur hvor alle fik øvet dagens swahiligloser. Og idag var der forøget pres på, da vi alle (begge familier) skulle medvirke på dagens børnemøde. Maroroni er en lille landsby, men alligevel dukkede mere end 300 børn, plus mange voksne frem ud af "ingenting", da musikken begyndte at spille kl. 16.00. Efter fem lokale børnekor/duetter og dansegrupper var det familien Hagen, Conrad plus onkel Allan der alle sang danske/norske sange og lavede et dramastykke. Alle ... read more

Hjælp til Tanzanias børn - besøg hos Tabitha og Torkild Jensen, Arusha, Tanzania.

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha July 6th 2011

Tabitha Jensen

Conrads

Wow, hvilken gæstfrihed der har mødt os her i Arusha. Tabitha har taget imod os alle med vidt åbne arme og gryder:) Torkild og Tabitha har været i Tanzania i 24 år og i alle årene bevaret fokus på at arbejde med Tanzanias børn. Idag var vi med i Arushas slumkvarter og se noget af arbejdet - besøget blev planlagt i løbet af få timer, og vi kom først på besøg i en børnehave for byens fattigste. Alle voksne og børn blev vi dybt rørt over mødet med disse børn i alderen 3-7 år. De sang for os, vi sang for dem, og Hagen og Conrad familierne dramatiserede en enkelt bibelhistorie - den om, at Jesus brugte en drengs fem brød og to fisk til at brødføde mere end 5000 mænd, plus kvinder og børn. Om ... read more

Goodbye Mombasa - Hello Arusha, Tanzania.

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha July 5th 2011

Stig og Sara

Conrads

Efter nogle meget skønne dage i Mombasa var turen kommet til at skulle videre. Vi havde aftalt at tage afsted med to lokale taxier kl. 4.30 om morgenen. Natten op til gik med at bekymre os om beslutningen nu også var den rigtige, da vi skulle igennem en frygtet skov, mens det endnu var mørkt. Så efter få timers søvn stod vi op, bad og sattte os i bilerne og kørte mod Tanzanias grænse - Taveta. Morgenmaden blev nydt efter et par timer, i byen Voi, på en lokal restaurant - vi fik mandazi, samosa, chai og chapati. De sidste 120 km (3.5 timer) mod grænsen var på meget dårlig vej, men heldigvis var vejen grænsende op til flere dyreparker, så vi stødte på flere elefantflokke (men kunne dog ikke finde kameraet i bilen lige da ... read more

First week in Arusha, TZ

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha July 3rd 2011

bartles

Arrived in Arusha, Tanzania on Monday after an 1 1/2 hour flight on Precision Air from Entebbe, Uganda. After paying $100 for my Visa, collecting my luggage (had to pay $24 due to overweight luggage, the damn disposabe gloves that are not needed) found the greeters to take me to my new home stay. First take, Arusha is very different from Kampala. Not nearly as dirty, crowded or crazy. Upon arriving at the house there were 2 women sitting in the living room with the tv BLARING! Think maybe the people are deaf in TZ????? Was shown my room, which I am sharing with a another volunteer who has taken over the entire room, no place to go with my stuff. Oh well. Turns out the volunteer is in Zanzibar til Friday, so pushed some stuff ... read more

Tanzania: Getting There 6/27-6/28

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha June 29th 2011

alanottini

1st: This site does not alway seem to update pages. I suggest that after getting to blog press your browser's refresh button. 2nd: I will post more photos at www.alanottini.smugmug.com after I'm back. Will limit the number and size of photos posted here. These will be shorter than I hoped for. Access speed not what we are use to and the keyboard on the netbook not that great. Saw Colleen Wilson at Sea-Tac before leaving. For those of you who don't know Colleen, she is the Police Chief for the Port of Seattle which includes Sea-Tac. She walked with me to the S gates. However, she did not go through the same TSA procedure that I did. Being Chief has some benefits. The flight to Amsterdam arrived at the gateseven minutes late. My row mate (two ... read more

Brief history of Tanzania

Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po...more history

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