Blogs from Moshi, North, Tanzania, Africa - page 11

Hello Everyone, We just wanted to let you all know that we arrived home safely, late Friday night. Thanks to all who remembered our family in prayer as we traveled back home to Tanzania. The trip went well, and was uneventful for the most part. We were up at 4:30 a.m. Thursday morning, and left SFO shortly after 8 a.m. We arrived at the Kilimanjaro National Airport Friday night, shortly before 9 p.m. Two vehicles were required to haul our family of six, plus a mountain of luggage, so John Baker and Cy Stafford graciously helped us get home. On the way to our house from the airport, a belt broke on the vehicle in which George and the boys were riding, and they had pull over. They phoned the other vehicle, in which the girls ... read more

Jambo All! I am now moving onto my second blog entry of my trip so far. I will endevour to carry on doing weekly ones however this may change considering its taken my about a year just to log onto this website. Anyway I will start with the wedding as I don't think I went into much detail the last time. What Alice and I failed to realise about the wedding is that we were essentially bridesmaids. When Sophia insisted that everyone was wearing the same outfit what she really meant was the close friend and family - and us the token muzungos. Everyone was so excited to have us there shaking our hands and staring at us with wide-eyed faces with big grins. The church bit was quite traditional much like an english wedding but ... read more

12/11/08 Mambo! Today is pretty much just a chance for me to put up some pictures, but I couldn’t leave ya hanging without an update. Yesterday we had another fundraiser that one of our volunteers set up at the women’s group she volunteers at. This is the second one I have been to since coming here and they are a great deal for these groups. Basically, they make a bunch of jewelry, skirts, bags, you name it, sell it to a bunch of white people, give a tour of their village, sell you soda because you would die or thirst otherwise, then play music and dance. Pretty good time if you ask me. So being the only guy in my group most of the time at a women’s group fundraiser can get pretty interesting. Lets just ... read more

10/11/08 Ok so I have been slacking a bit on the journal entries lately, pole sana. It has been very busy lately. Last week was filled with more adventures at my placement. I learned a ton about the education system here last week, and I turn have a new found respect for the education system in America. Every day for the first two weeks we have had guest speakers come and talk to us about different cultural aspects here in Tanzania. Last week we had two fascinating speakers. The first one was the traditional healer, or medicine man. It’s incredible how many people still aren’t on board with modern medicine here. Herbal remedies are still the preferred method of treatment and in rural areas, the only type of treatment. They claim to be able to cure ... read more

Tag #18 Die Materuni Wasserfälle befinden sich am Fusse des Kilimanjaro. Somit nehme ich am Morgen früh mit meiner Guide den Bus Richtung Moshi und von dort aus einen Daladala, welcher uns ins Chagga-Village Materuni bringt. Auf dem Weg dorthin haben wir jederzeit die Sicht auf den Peak Kibu (einer der 3 Kilimanjaro Peaks), welcher fast den ganzen Morgen lang sichtbar ist, was ungewöhnlich ist. Ebenfalls haben wir die ganze Zeit Sicht auf den Mt. Meru. Unterwegs treffen wir auf viele Menschen, kommen immer wieder an Kaffee- sowie Bananenplanatagen vorbei. Die Farben sind sehr intensiv und die Aussicht ist herrlich. Irgendwo auf dem Wege zu den Wasserfällen erfrischen wir uns mit einem Mbege (alkoholisches Banana-Getränk). Zwischendurch riechen wir den Duft der Eukalyptusbäume, welche ebenfalls hier vertreten sind. Nach einem 2-stündigen Walk erreichen wir die Wasserf... read more