fab blog loved reading your blog. now can't wait to visit Zanzibar. we hope to go in mid march 2010 for two weeks. i'm really worried it will rain all the time. what was your experience at this time of the year. did the rain stop you from being outside during the day
thank you for any advise you can give me
Mistake in swahili They are some mistake in translating the swahili word.am teacher of swahili. When we say 'i have no money' this is verb to have. It suppose to be sinapesa which is negative from the word ninapesa. Am drunk, this is past perfect tense in swahili we it 'me tense' so it suppose to be nimelewa. Also the word 'will you tell me now' in swahili is 'utaniambia sasa'. U-is subject prefixe for you, ta-future tense, ni-object enfixe for me and ambia is verb which means tell. That what i can say for today,sorry my english is poor.
Less than two weeks to go! Don't know if you'll be posting again so wanted to write one last time. GA is really into your research paper and I eagerly await my turn. Thanks for keeping us posted -- pictures too!
Enjoy the rest of your stay and have a smooth journey home. I hear your family is taking you out to Taco Bell on your return. If you have a few coins left, Toby might like for his collection. xox
City called "Haven of Peace" When we explored Dar in the 80's we had no idea a grandson would be there a quarter-century later. (Your mom had just met your dad.) We had taken the TanZam railway from Lusaka, Zambia which had been built with lots of help from the Chinese. When the train was stalled in an isolated Tanzanian village for a day we were astonished to see a group of Asians there. Same was true in Dar. I'll be interested to learn if you saw or heard of them because the Chinese are quietly proliferating in Africa through the use of helpful projects like the TanZam. A funny incident happened when we visited a native market in Dar. One of the locals came up and asked to take OUR picture. It may have been because of Grandpa's funny baobab bark hat! I guess we're in some photo album in Dar es Salaam.
Your research shapes up Could just picture your village trek and interviews! How did you manage to preserve 30 or 40 wilting leaf specimens as you walked along and then how did you manage to organize them by flashlight in your little guest house? (And have time left over for turtles?)
AWOL Dude, you've gone AWOL on us! Almost 2 weeks and no blog. Can't you submit something, even short? What about the school kids who wait with baited breath?!?
Words. Language. You need to learn big/small, hot/cold, funny, interesting/boring, and smart/dumb.
I'm glad you're getting to places where people--the kids at least--have never seen a white person. Didn't know such places existed any more. One time, when traveling at night in the Gambia, we stopped our car at a small village with no electricity. When the kids ran up to the car to see what was up and saw the 2 of us white people inside, they ran away in terror screaming "Ghosts! Ghosts!"
Yow! These pictures are excellent. I'd almost think you grabbed them from the Net but then I remember, you ARE in Africa. Great pictures can happen! Guess the camera arrived in the nick of time. Make sure to snap some people too. :-)
Eagle's Nest Kids Hi Tyler,
In an attempt to expand the kids' world views I've been having them look you up on maps, read about Tanzania, and read your blog. Here's a few comments: (They make me smile...)
Jessenia-"Stop writing Bad words hope you are having a good time!! (-= "
(oops, i guess Miss Janelle forgot to edit an entry somewhere...)
Joseph-"Mr. Tyler is me Joseph you got to go to Tanzania" (I can't draw his smiley face with the key board-he made hair)
"Hi Mr. Tyler it's Jolynne hope you are having a super time."
Is it good? Very good experience, thanks
I plan to visit Vietnam and wish to stay at Motel or Mini hotel but wonder if They are good and safe in Vietnam?
Hey! Hey Tyler. I am a student trying to figure out where to study abroad next year. I am very interested in the SIT program that you are on, and the development one in Kenya. I have really enjoyed reading your blog. Sounds like you are having an amazing experience! if you have time to answer a few questions I would really appreciate it, but I'd understand if you don't! Here they are 1) I am not a huge ecology person (I find it fascinating but I only studied it (AP style) in high school)- would I be able to keep up? 2) I talked to a friend who said one of her friends on the Zanzibar program felt frustrated because the island is pretty small and can get.. boring or isolating after a while? have you found this to be true? I am also very big on technology- would I usually be able to use my laptop and charge my camera (obviously maybe not in the homestays.. but other than that?) Would you recommend the trip to others? Okay. Thank you so much! My e-mail address is Jwd258@nyu.edu
Tyler! Tyler I'm sorry that you had a crummy day, but just know that I'm thinking of you here in the boring ol' US of A!!! Today Rachel and I talked about the onion in PR.... I still feel a little sick from that....
When you come back, we're gonna have lots of fun times!
Promise (example- I want to go to Hershey!)
Love,
Liz
a very belated comment so, i finally sat down and decided to see how life goes on the other side of the world, although, it gets a bit confusing as i am reading your blog starting from the most recent posts because i was to lazy to click the next button when I started and can't switch now, or else my mind will be in a total jumble. Anywho, I digress. Well of course, I saw my name, and got excited that you remembered me. But well, you've already been accepted into the s-house, so my commenting now is a bit superfluous. But why would you worry? how could we ever turn away a lover of baby turtles? Although, i admit, I got a little nervous that you were going to lose your spot when Kelly had not heard from you; I even told Rachel to sign into your email account and confirm that yes, you do want to live in the s-house.
Anyways, your life is freakin amazing as is your writing. On to the next, or rather, previous entry!
Hey T, We all have a bad day. You're lucky to have had so many good ones in a row. International travel and living is often about the best of bests and the worst of worsts; but ultimately, you'll look back on it all and say, wow, that was amazing!
The news here in 'Merica is not making anyone happy. Every day the economy goes down by another measure and some irresponsible corporation (that contributed to the downfall) is rewarded with a bail out. Terribly cynical, I know. We're told and pretty much believe that we can't just stand around and do nothing or it will be worse for everyone; so we let the stuff go by and just pray that Obama and his 'best and the brightest" really know what they're doing.
HBO broadcast Will Ferrell's Broadway show, "You're Welcome America: A Final Evening with George W. Bush," which was hilarious from start to finish. Spoofing Bush, of course. That seems like a long time ago now...
Take care!
Food Lesson If you want to say "I need food right now" you'd say "ninahitaji chakula sasa"
break it down ni=I na=currently/presently hitaji=need chakula=food sasa=now
good luck!!!!
help?? How do you say get me some food right now in swahili? Chakula ..........? Hopefully you will be able to help me. I am typing a paper, and I need to know this.
Tyler! Prof. Dicklitch is in CapeTown! Hi Tyler! I was enjoying more of your blog. Those photos of some of the beautiful fish you described are pretty spectacular. Are you getting homesick yet?? I bet you are too busy with wonderful experiences to be homesick! Your internship sounds pretty spectacular!
Professor Dicklitch left yesterday for Cape Town. We haven't heard from her yet, but hope to get a message she arrived OK soon.
good thinkin' Good luck on your mini research project. I think the topic may be even more excellent than you imagine: afterall, if you get sick, maybe one of the herbal remedies will come in handy.
I google-imaged the colobus monkey to compare it with the all- brown howler monkies and white-faced black capuchin monkies that you would have seen in Costa Rica. I see the colobus look more like a skunk-turned-monkey than anything. How big are they?
I missed your blogs for about a week while visiting Gma and Gpa in Maine. It's fun to catch up on everything.
you've got an audience I notice some of your blogs have like over 40 views! I'm pressed. Seems like you got about 35 more shout-outs to do. You only did like 5 of them (as per your last posting). lol
So all this about fish. Are you seriously getting a lot of them to eat?!?
Uncle Tyler,
Great to read your postings. Expect it seems like you've been there a long time - having already learned a new language and more about fish than most of us ever will. Seems to be an entirely great experience so far. Best wishes and I'll be following your adventure from my desk.
Jerry
dis and dat Hi Tyler, You have an amazing amount of new stuff coming at you, as is clear from your blogs: A new town to learn, new language, new foods, new people, new customs. I would think your brain is in overload and bet you sleep well at night! Keep up the blogs -- they're so interesting!
Hi Tyler! Hi Tyler!
It sounds like you are having an amazing experience in Tanzania! I envy you. (Okay, not the part about having to wear the same clothes for 5 days!) But it sounds like you are making the most of your time and LEARNING AND EXPERIENCING some life-long memories! Keep safe. I enjoy your blog.
You're right that most foreign abroad experiences are well loved, but going to Africa is pretty extreme. That is, you took the road less traveled.
So glad that it's been an amazing experience. How's the Swahili coming along?
! Tyler, thanks so much for keeping up this blog! I'm so happy to hear that you're having such a fabulous time...I wish I could be in Africa right now! You're in my thoughts and prayers, and I hope we can Skype it up real soon!
Travelling to Zanzibar and Tanzania is the greatest thing I have done. I have adventures everyday. A boring day here seems to be rare and because there are such few boring days, they still tend to be memorable for that reaseon. Thank you for all that check this blog, that follow me around East Africa. I hope I am entertaining and amusing. Salaama!!... full info
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loved reading your blog. now can't wait to visit Zanzibar. we hope to go in mid march 2010 for two weeks. i'm really worried it will rain all the time. what was your experience at this time of the year. did the rain stop you from being outside during the day thank you for any advise you can give me