Moshi, Tanzania Travel Blogs

Back to Moshi
Apr 8, 2006 (11 photos)

... more people greeting by kissing each cheek. He also said that the Chagga are the "most educated" of the 100+ tribes in Tanzania and that they're smart business people. The Mount Kilimanjaro remained hidden in the clouds the whole time I was there. That ...

Kili Trek - Day 4
Feb 8, 2008 (8 photos)

... I knew it would rain but not this much! The cloud and rain finally cleared after sunset and I could see the bright lights of Moshi in one direction and the snow covered summit of Kili in the other, the summit is beginning to look a lot closer now, camp is ...

Kili Trek - Day 2
Feb 6, 2008 (28 photos)

Another early start, we hit the trail at 8.40am but I rose at 6.30am after very little sleep due the tent being at a 45 degree angle (slight over exaggeration). Today we were trekking to Shira plateau camp which is just over 3800m, but we actually ...

Village of Moshi
Dec 5, 2005 (3 photos)

... is a fairly layed back town. Much smaller than Arusha. Apparnently the area has the largest amount of educational institutes in Tanzania. It is also a major coffee plantation area. We splurged and stayed two nights in a hotel that had air conditioning. We ...

Kili Trek - Day 6 (Summit Day)
Feb 10, 2008 (29 photos)

The big day! Woke up at midnight for a summit attempt of the biggest mountain in Africa , one of the 7 summits. Woke up feeling pretty rough after only a couple of hours of sleep. The plan was to summit at dawn, which is 6.30 and let the Tanzanian ...

Nairobi to Moshi
Feb 3, 2008 (4 photos)

... and drove along side me and the masses of locals and I jumped in the bus A-Team style.   Not long after entering Tanzania I caught my first glimpse of Kili, wow! It's just a massive lump in the middle of the African plains, the top half ...

Moshi - Briefing Day
Feb 3, 2008

A bit of a lazy day really, not a lot to report, had a briefing with our guides this morning. Cornel is the head guide, and the support guides are Lipman and Commander. Seem like a nice group of lads, pretty quiet but I'm sure when we get to know them ...

A Mighty Wind
Jun 11, 2004 (25 photos)

Greetings from once again from Tanzania! After relaxing for more than a week on the beautiful white sand beaches of Zanzibar we headed off for northern Tanzania to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. Flying in I looked outside the window of the airplane and saw the ...

Kili Trek - Day 3
Feb 7, 2008 (16 photos)

Shira Plateau camp is full of tents, people and is a bit noisy, glad to leave really, did get a reasonable night sleep though due to the flat ground. Today was quite a long day with a trek to Lava tower which is 4650m, that's nearly as high as Mount ...

Kili Trek - Day 1
Feb 5, 2008 (12 photos)

First day of trek today, we were picked up from the hotel at 9.30am , but by the time we got to Machame trailhead and registered it was noon , we then started the trek to the roof of Africa ! The day involved 1200m ascent with a 12 mile hike through ...

Bus journeys to the East. Hold On!
Dec 6, 2007 (11 photos)

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Kili Trek - Day 7
Feb 11, 2008 (8 photos)

... more human now! The Kili experience is now over, one of the seven summits is ticked off the list and conquered. A four day Safari starts tomorrow which should be a good way to end my time in Tanzania , certainly more relaxing than the Kili climb. 

Moshi and Me for a Month
Nov 20, 2006 (36 photos)

... is poverty.  The fact that a place like Ethiopia seems more desperate shouldn't make me feel like the suffering in a place like Tanzania is more acceptable just because it is a tiny bit better.   Yesterday, Michelle, George, Frank, John, and I ...

A glimpse of Kili
Aug 6, 2008 (4 photos)

... The sun was setting and the mountain top had come out, and the glow was gorgeous.  The sparrows were cute, also, but they did not much for our photos.  Sorry.  All in all, our time in Moshi was excellent and satisfying.  Erin

Kili Trek - Day 5
Feb 9, 2008 (15 photos)

A short day today, only a 2.5 hour trek from Karanga camp to Barafu camp at 4700m. We arrived in camp at midday , had some lunch and went to bed for a few hours. When I woke up heavy snow started to fall and covered camp, I suppose it's better than rain. ...

Coffee shops and Ice Cream
Dec 9, 2007 (11 photos)

... 6am. I needed to be sure that if everything else failed, I would still have time to get to the airport. My time in Tanzania was done. Checking out I woke up the Kindoroko attendant. No receipt was offered today as I struggled in to the taxi. 5:50am. ...

Moshi
May 30, 2008 (3 photos)

... voluntary work out here, teaching in local schools, digging fresh water wells etc. It's also the first town we have stayed in Tanzania where it is actually safe to walk about once it gets dark. All the other places that we have been has been a definite NO ...

Back in Moshi. The journey home begins
Dec 8, 2007 (7 photos)

... his friend, Richard, a porter for Kilimanjaro earning peanuts climbing the hill for everyone else. And so to bed, and bathroom, and bed, and bathroom. The beer turned out to not be such a good idea. And then it was morning. My final day in Tanzania.....

Hospital Horror
Sep 19, 2003

... hospital should be. Still not a great comfort!! I got into his car - the hospital was just outside Arusha, on the Nairobi-Moshi road. I realised the place we had arrived at was the hospital, and not a concrete shack, by the chalk sign scribbled on the ...

First day at Uwawayaki!
Jul 22, 2008

Hamjamjbo! (hello everyone) Yesterday, was a full day of lectues and orientation, from 8am to 6pm. My group met with the Uwawayaki representatives; mama Martha (the coordinator), mama Mary (clinic coordinator), and Catherine (a girl who works at the ...

On the Move...
Jan 28, 2008

... back had to squash into the front (including us) and they shut all of the curtains. No idea why, but This Is Africa. So far Moshi has been great! A nice little town and very cheap! Just as well as Kili's going to cost a little. We set off on Tuesday (my ...

Poetry and Home-sickness
Aug 21, 2008

... be a tough bargainer to get a price that you think is fair for you. This weekend I am (hopefully) planning on escaping from Moshi and the home-sickness and going on another adventure. I don't know what the adventure is yet, but Ill keep you all posted. ...

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Aug 3, 2007

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Busy third week
Sep 11, 2008 (1 photos)

Gosh!! Things just keep coming and coming this week! It has definitely been fun. So as I said we went to the club saturday and - while it was a lot of mzungus - it was quite a fun time. Sunday we just laid around and watched some movies on one o fthe ...

Mount Kilimanjaro Eve!
Apr 4, 2009

... and took me to my hotel and we went over the game plan for tomorrow morning! I spent the rest of the day walking around Moshi and making friends with some of the rastas selling jewelry... may have got a free one thrown on my wrist here and there ;)! So ...

Paediatrics at KCMC
Sep 6, 2006

... Today I went to a paediatric HIV clinic. Many patients travel miles to be seen here at KCMC. There is a lot of AIDS in Tanzania as one of the sub-saharan countries but it is not as high as some places, 1:8 people in the general population are affected, but ...

And on the fifth day she fell in love with Africa
Apr 15, 2009 (4 photos)

... outside our homebase) and went to my placement, fearing for my life on mud-washed roads.  I made my way around Moshi town and mastered the art of criss-crossing the traffic circle en-route to the supermarket (again, fearing for my life).  ...

New face at the hospital
Sep 4, 2006

African medicine... different to UK! The hospital here at KCMC is quite large. It is the major referral centre for NE Tanzania. I am already getting lost!!!!! Mike flew home today and left me in Moshi yesterday (which was hard - I think I have lost some ...

Urban Safari
Aug 19, 2008

... least. The theatre was very nice as well. We took the daladala back home and it didnt take as much time due to less stops. My urban safari was amazing! I saw people and things I never thought existed here in Tanzania. Tutoanana!  

Last week and some NEW ROOMIES!
Aug 11, 2008

Habari za leo! I would like to start off by apologizing for the lack of entries this last week. Truth is, the computer at the home-base decided to contract a virus and the internet decided to peace out. Haha, when in Africa right?! This makes me thankful ...