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Moshi Slideshow
Moshi
Travel Blogs from Moshi, Tanzania
Just Call me Professor Maria
I just talk a college-level class! Iwas just a studenta couple years ago! My firstclass wentverywell. The studentscan be very shy and I oftenget a sea of blank stares. So I brought candy in today to get them talking.I hadthemtake a bunch of jelly beans ...
Stage 2 starts now...
Habari (Swahili for ... hey what's up) We are officially starting stage 2 of the trip. We left Kitongo today, and it was by no means easy... :) Nothing in Africa ever is! Anyways about a week ago we had one of the guys who ...
THIS IS AFRICA..... and its driving me crazy
As requested by immigration last week I returned this morning for my visa. On arrival we were told to come back at 1pm. So now I'm sitting in the internet café killing time. Annoyingly I wrote a page for the blog yesterday but I didn’t save it to ...
Somewhere over the rainbow....
... if I had stayed longer I could have helped with more fundraisers.... maybe, maybe, maybe. But today, on my 8 hour bus ride from Moshi to Dar es Salaam I was able to fully reflect on my time here. I am one person, visiting, for the first time, ...
Bad weather!
We had a long drive to the National Park gate in order to register. En route, we saw albeit some distance away, an elephant, which in fact was headed towards the Maasai lands we had visited. Bags were weighed at the gate to ensure that no porter had to ...
Kilimanjaro - Day 4 Continues Onto Day 5: Summit!
Paul's constant companion that night was anxious thoughts and a consistent headache. Mel didn't sleep at all as the porters in the next tent kept chatting away. We were wakened just after 11:00 pm. We were given some tea and biscuits and after ...
Having the best time of my life!...
... ! Anyways I've been taking lots of pics and can't wait to show you. My teammates are all awesome people, and we've been getting along really well. I'll be back to Moshi in a couple of days to write again, these internet cafes rip you off... Love you ...
I don't know if i'll be able to post again!
... doing my last shopping and even starting to pack!!! My dad leaves for India today! I leave for India at 4:45 p.m. Saturday (Tanzania time). I am flying Ethiopian airlines to Addis Abbaba and then overnight to delhi. I'll be in Delhi around 8:45 a.m. ...
Prepare to meet Kilimanjaro
We got back to Arusha and then made our way to the town of Moshi, the main town around Mt Kilimanjaro. We met our guides for the climb then had dinner with 2 people who had just finished the climb and asked some questions. We then repacked our things into ...
Day 8: Mweka back to Moshi
... the rental gear then went into town to get some US$ which I needed to pay my bill the next day. Ended up getting Tanzania shilling at the ATM and getting screwed on conversion rates there, then taking that inside the branch and changing the cash over to ...
Day 206 - Our Way Back to Moshi
... take advantage of the time before their clients arrived to clean up. On the way down, Timos taught Mia the words to the 'Jambo Tanzania' song. It was refreshing to be back in the moist rainforest, even with the mud underfoot, after 4 days in the dry ...
Highs and lows
So the past few days have been filled with a lot of highs and a lot of lows. I should explain. Yesterday was a rough day at my placement. For some reason, I only had two students in class. I only had one on Friday. It was frustrating. I had an in-class ...
SAFARI!!! The Maasai and Ngorogoro
... and she said that the man sleeps on the cowhide bed whild her and the children sleep in the small room. It seems to be a trend in Tanzania that men and women do not sleep in the same bed. I also asked her about her family. She has three children and her ...
Amazing
Everything's been just wonderful here. Since i've last posted i had another couple of days at school. My students really seem to be advancing. I just had them start writing news stories and they're just barely getting the hang of it. But i have seen ...
Babies, beer and gymnasts
Sigh. I'm in a bit of a funk today. I woke up this morning to a wonderful call from Tom and I just started missing home after that. I have definitely been having fun here - fun that is continuing - but I'm about ready to say my goodbyes to Africa. I am ...
Posting from the slowest internet cafe in the worl
... three weeks!!! This morning to get to the Internet café I rode a dala dala for the first time!! Basically it's like Tanzania's answer to a bus, but it's just a big van in which theytry to turn into a clown car, fitting fifteen plus people at a ...
Adventure no 2!
... of the streets or abusive families - no one is turned away as long as they can squash into a bed! Moshi town is one of the main towns in North Tanzania. It has paved streets most of the time and is a hustling bustling town. Ladies sell fruit by the ...
Divide and Conquer!
... just come up to you and get to know you! They ask you things about your trip, how you came to Moshi, etc. and they share the exact same. Everyone is eager to make conversation and they are all very nice. We rushed back after ...
I might as well update you...
... from Dar on Wednesday so i met him in Uchira yesterday. We just spent the day chilling out there and then in the evening we went to Moshi where I made him try pizza (a success) and we went for some konyagi and to a club. It was really nice to get a break ...
Free like molecule
... the same volunteer tshirts. And they all seemed like nice enough people. On the plane I sat next to a nice man, mid 20s, from Tanzania named Ruben. He told me all about Tanzania, its customs, his life and so forth. The plan (and the one to amsterdam) ...
Neema Orphanage
... Today was an amazing day. This morning we visited the Neema Orphange for abandoned and unwanted children just outside of Moshi. This excursion was extremely difficult for me, knowing that some of these children were left in the streets, thrown ...
on the slopes of Kilimanjaro
... a very serious masai guy on one side and a box of chickens on the other. finally got a seat and arrived 9 hours later in Moshi. Luckily I had a guide to call, so I was whisked away to my hotel in Moshi. The next day I got picked up to ...
Lushoto
... emails, the power went out. No more internet. It seems that maintaining a constant source of electricity is a common problem in Tanzania. It makes you appreciate having electricity almost all the time back home. The next day we decided to just go for ...
Kwaheri Tanzania
... weeks ago, it was a shock to the system. Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre is the 2nd largest hospital in Tanzania so I envisioned a fairly well established medical institution with decent facilities (by African standards) and a strong teaching focus ...
Moshi, Tanzania
... out of town - its so like Cambodia here, dust roads, roadside sellers, loaded up lorries etc. Just no motos! We then came down to Moshi but it was close, we arrived at the bus station at 6am but they wouldnt let us on the bus!!! We were scared that we ...
Start of a new week
Just wanted to update everyone. We went out Saturday and it was quite a blast. I'm feeling a little bit better now, but am definitely still missing home. A lot going on this week and i'll be sure to update everyone as it ...
Same place still!
... ! This week I have worked with a few different scientists although work is scarce. On August 8th it is national farmers’ day in Tanzania. There is a big exhibition in Arusha for 10 days starting next week I think. I am hoping to visit one day. For ...