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Morogoro
Travel Blogs from Morogoro, Tanzania
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Dar to Morogoro
... we managed to get out of Dar as the traffic had been incredibly slow. We spent the night at the New Acropol hotel in Morogoro where Rob managed to unintentionally inspire a name for the new puppy there, now called "Slash" after the Guns 'n' Roses ...
1 Week Down, 6 to Go!
... cortisone yesterday. She's been resting a lot so hopefully she's back to normal soon! One of the other volunteers in Morogoro, Michelle, had a blood infection in Dar and slept through our orientation recovering so that's 2/4 of us who've been to ...
Safari and Back
... to worry we caught back up with them about an hour down the road when they pulled over to pee. Yes, the President of Tanzania, his entire police escort, his entire military escort and all his body guards were peeing in the bushes on the side of the road. ...
The Worst/Best Week So Far.
... all commented on how strange it was to actually feel like we were arriving home and that we are actually feeling really comfortable in Morogoro. I know I will miss it when we have to leave and am hoping I will get the opportunity to make it back ...
Getting Oriented!
... a Youth Life Skills manual that will be translated to Swahili and and distributed to other Non Governmental Organizations (NGO's) around Tanzania, helping out at Faraja Home Based Care at Play Days and doing home visits with kids who are HIV positive, ...
progress! finally!
... night and we would've had an unpleasant time packing up a wet tent in the morning. We went to the nearby Morogoro hotel for dinner. Here in Tanzania, the food is fantastic, with always the choice of "local" food, Indian or Chinese. I'm loving it ALL. ...
Getting in the Groove of Things
... We're working on a project called Most Vulnerable Children (MVC) where Faraja has visited several of the districts within Morogoro and determined the most vulneralbe children in those areas. They provide basic shelter, food and nutrition, education, ...
Arrived in Morogoro
... to prepare for it. Well, I should be able to have internet access a little more often now that we're getting settled in Morogoro. I'm in the Misufini district of town, hopefully I'll get some pictures soon and be able to upload them so you can see some ...
Taking the Path Less Travelled
... two of Abdul's friends tagged along as well. By the time we started the climb it was about 8am (everything on Tanzania happens well past the scheduled time). The first bit was fine with a couple difficult areas but nothing too bad ...
Only 1 Week Left in Morogoro!
WOW, I must say the time really is flying at this point! We only have one more week of programming in Morogoro and then it's off on my own in Tanzania! It will be bitter-sweet to say the least. This week literally flew by, travelling home from Zanzibar on ...
Mikumi Safari and Udzungu National Park
This weekend was my first safari experience in Tanzania, (but not my first african safari experience, went to South Africa in March05). So I went down to the southwest of Dar to Mikumi National park for a day then to Udzungu National park for ...
Searching for Simba
I took a safari this weekend with three other volunteers to Mikumi National Park. A five our drive southwest of Dar proved to be a worthy mission for this wannabe photographer who had earned his stripes last summer traveling through the Middle East ...
Peace Corps
... at the end of their terms, having 5 out of 24 months left. The larger one was the new comers who had been in Tanzania for about 5 months. The stories going around were priceless. All of those clashes of culture, of paradigm, often illicits that certain ...
Safari, Morning Side, Rock Garden, and Mosquitos!
#2 I have to say, last Saturday is definitely up there for one of the most exciting days of my entire life! If you ever get a chance to come to Africa you absolutely MUST do a safari! We woke up at 5am and didn't really know what to expect, just ...
Visiting Ifakara
... and some of her staff. As visitors, we signed in to her visitors' book in the office. This apparently is a serious tradition in Tanzania, whenever you pay an official visit to an official place you sign in. We will see more of this later. From here we ...
Livin' it up Moro-style!
... We got a little discouraged but decided we weren't giving up on this western comfort and made the treck to the Morogoro Hotel. SOOOOOO worth it! Absolutely gorgeous, it's set at the foot of the Uluguru's and the atmosphere is ...
Done and Done!
... And showers.... with HOT water!!! Livin the high life, it's great! Then the girls from Zanzibar arrived! We decided to have debrief in Morogoro so that the other girls would have the chance to see where we have been working! We took them out for supper at ...
the safari that never was
... us just wants to cheat us, and that we had just spent a ridiculous amount of money on our best...be it western... experience in Tanzania so far. Back to Bagamoyo, to find out there was no school on Wednesday and that on Thursday I needed to go to Dar ...
valley of the baobabs
... our own reliable vehicle, we should try some of the secondary routes, the roads less travelled. If ever we were to return to Tanzania, the well-trodden tourist hot spots would always be accessible. So finally, our plan was to try out the B127 dirt road ...
Day two in Ifakara
... near the top of priority scale. Also, I have been lucky enough to meet Plan people, both in from Canada Offices, management in Tanzania and the feet on the street. I highly encourage everyone who can to check out the plan website at plancanada.ca (or ...
2 flat tyres
... service, i had to take the piss and we rode off. The ride was great today. Customs etc was great into Tanzania. When i brought insurance (more toilet paper) there was screaming and shouting outside the office, about 100 people had this one ...
Going Solo, Washing, Play Day, and Adventuring!
... Care (HBC) Play Day for four hours. For those of you who can remember back to my first blog after arriving to Morogoro we attended a Play Day the Saturday after we had arrived. Just as a refresher, it's a stigma free environment for children ...
Morogoro Night Life - The Club Scene...Wow!
... a storm. THEN, the King of Rhymes came on stage! He's a really popular Tanzanian rapper that actually comes from Morogoro! PEOPLE WENT CRAZY! They were standing on seats, rapping right along with him, dancing everywhere... awesome atmosphere! ...
Food, Jewelry, Clothing, Rain, and Adjusting!
... ; Well, the short rains have definitely started. The sky is clear blue one minute and soaking the poor residents of Morogoro with a torrential downpour the next. One day Katie and I were walking to Kilakala and within minutes of leaving the skies ...
Leaving Kilombero valley for a big trip
... my plans on the way; I will keep you updated about these issues. On late Friday evening, I got on the TAZARA train (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority) from Ifakara leaving for Kapiri Mposhi, which is in the middle of Zambia. The two day journey on the ...
Across Southern Tanzania
... , and Gashaw who works for Plan Tanzania. We set off on the busy road which is the main highway from Dar to Northern and Eastern Tanzania, as well as Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia. This means that all trucks leaving Dar do so on this highway, and traffic was ...
Climbing Uluguru Mountains
... different than the Pogoro tribe in Morogoro. The people here are much bigger than I have seen somewhere else. Also some customs are different. Everywhere in Tanzania I always had chili sauce but here it's almost impossible to get haha. ...
Wildlife and Witches
... and witchcraft and its importance in society. They basically told me that many African leaders, i.e. President Yakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, must be very competent when it comes to witchcraft so they can defend themselves against those who wish harm on ...
Telefoongesprek 5 mei 2011
... kunnen opbouwen. Donderdag is – gelukkig – een normale schooldag geworden. Onderweg naar Morogoro heeft Machteld van vier mannen tegelijk een huwelijksaanzoek gehad. De verwijzing naar haar nepverlovingsring hielp niet. Een ...
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