Blogs from North, Tanzania, Africa - page 186

We were finally allowed into the Ngorongoro Park around 6:30pm, with some other people who had also arrived after the 6pm curfew. ... read more

Since the plan changed and I'm traveling alone now, I am so happy I made it here with no problems. I took one of the deluxe buses (no toilet and very NATURAL A/C- LOL!!) from Dar es Salaam to Moshi (the area where you start climbing Kilimanjaro. Leaving Dar was exciting and at the same time, nerve-wrecking because plans had changed and I had no idea where I was going. Thank goodness for "the gift of gab": I had been using it all week prior to coming and found many contacts who knew somebody who knew somebody.... So I boarded the charter with no plans or reservations and a list of phone numbers in the SMS my cell phone. Maybe it was the Daily Bread I studied when I did when I 1st sat down or ... read more

On friday when we had finished teaching we all got changed and headed into Arusha. We had arrabnged to meet al the others at Masai Camp. Its like an actual campsite but also has a bar and resteraunt so we were going for a meal and some drinks. I had a pulled pork sandwich and chips, the first meat in like a week! After a few drinks and some (badly played) games of pool we decided to go to Colobus, the night club, for a bit of a boogie. We got a lift from a guy called Willam along the road, it only takes a few minutes but if you go out after dark it ios pretty likely that you will get mugged. I had an amazing time dancing and drinking and so on, the club ... read more

We are now living in our house and have already started teaching, its been less than two weeks since I left home, this is just crazy! We left the outpost early on tuesday and whent to shoprite, the local supermarket, to stock up on pasta and beans. That was fun and didn't take long so soon we were on the road and driving up bumpy hills to Nkoaranga village on the slopes of Meru. We had seen it before but it was still daunting, the idea of being left alone on the hill and teaching 50/60 kids english everyday! OH MY GOODNESS! Anyway... Mads (the CW rep) came up ith us and took us to the schgools to have a real look around and meet the head teachers. But, being Tanzania, neither of the head teachers ... read more

Apologies for the mammoth entry but we've seen so much in such a short space of time so we'll skip to the highlights and try not to ramble on too much. On Sunday we drove out from Kenya to Arusha in Tanzania and on Monday started our journey in 4x4's into the Serengeti via the rim of the Ngorongoro crater so named for the noise the cowbells of the Maasai's cattle make. There are 51,000 Maasai in the conservation area and we saw loads of Maasai villages and the Maasai themselves along the way. We entered the Serengeti past a very dry lake Manyara and the Oldoinyo Lengai Mountain which is the Maasai's God. First spot into the Serengeti was a pregnant hyena which stank like pure evil. We spotted loads of animals: Zebras, Giraffes, herds ... read more