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Moshi Slideshow
Moshi
Travel Blogs from Moshi, Tanzania
a Maasai is a Maasai to a Maasai
... or at least not any more. That Friday though, I missed class to visit another Maasai village called Lesoiti, near the Kenya-Tanzania border town of Namanga . Having set off at 6.30am, we arrived after 4pm, having undertaken a very tiring, muddy walk ...
On the top of Africa
... I was and therefore how much of a tip he would get... If anyone asks, I had to give up food for a week just to go to Tanzania... This unfortunately left me in a position as a solo climber departing on the same day as two giant Swiss groups. As we were all ...
Recap...
... they could learn from what she has done over the last 10 years. She talked to me about what the women's lives here in Tanzania have been like and how we can help them. She spent the next hour speaking to me about what these women endure. You will ...
Please pray
Please pray for me..... I am not well at the moment. I am taking Doxycycline antimalarials here in Tanzania and I think I am having bad side effects. The night before last I woke up with really bad chest pain (like an elephant standing on you!) and ...
Home visits
Today, as promised to Mama Sarah, I arrived into Mji Mypa, our village, with about 10 other volunteers. We stopped at the local market and picked up some food for the members - sugar, rice, flour, bread, oil and powered milk (which is a big luxury for ...
Moshi and Mount Kili
Well how can I start. This was the single hardest challenge I have ever undertaken but it was absolutely AMAZING. Arriving in Moshi wasn't too bad after the long bus journey. I got settled into the Kindoroco hotel which had some amazing views of the town ...
5 weeks gone
... the schools reputation and the boys were getting bullied! The second conversation that evening was regarding volunteer tourism in Tanzania. To my surprise my neighbour has no problem with young unqualified Europeans coming into schools and teaching for a ...
Its all over
Hi everyone Well it's all over. I left work yesterday and now I’m having a day in Moshi with a friend from work and then travelling to Morogoro with Gasper tomorrow and then on to Dar for my flight on Thursday. Of course we couldn’t possibly ...
TAFCOM's Fundraiser and Surgery for Amose
... just yet. Instead of extending my placement through CCS however, I've decided to move into a budget hotel here in Moshi. CCS did a wonderful job integrating me into the community - teaching me basic Swahili greetings and phrases, giving me ...
Preparing for the next round
... the culture, but this was one tradition that I didn't want to see. CCS staff bought every female CCS volunteer in Tanzania a matching kanga. Kangas are basically big pieces of fabric with traditional patterns and some kind of phrase in swahili. You can ...
Now I'll try for more pictures!
I didn't have time to upload all the photos the first time as the computer timed out = a little slower than I'm used ...
Marangu, the Chagga, Waterfalls, and MUD!
... , and other food-type goods. Ali got a Boaba Tree Fruit and the inside was chalky and tasted like a sweet tart! In Tanzania, it is taboo to take pictures in markets so I wasnt allowed to take pictures of the Chagga market. We all piled into ...
Getting into the swing of things
... would think it would have happened sooner, but I am just no realizing that I am getting into the swing of things here in Tanzania. It was really interesting to have all the new people come here and to show them everything I know so far about this ...
New Communications Teacher - Kilimahewa
Tuesday I got to take the new volnteer to my placement! The new communications teacher is named Ted, a lawyer from NYC. The night before, I gave him the note from Rachele that explained what he should expect at Kilimahewa. I asked him if he wanted to ...
My first 4 days!
Jambo! Before I get into my initial thoughts about Africa... let me fill you in on the details of the flight here. In a nutshell, flight got delayed in LA which meant I only had 10 mins to connect in Detroit... then only a 30 min layover in Amsterdam. It ...
Medicine in Tanzania - KCMC
... poverty line with the majority (70%) visiting traditional healers instead of hospitals. There is a shortage of qualified doctors in Tanzania - 1:26000 people whereas in the UK on average it is 1:500. The majority of diseases that burden people here ...
Thank You
Friends and Family – I have been reading your comments every chance I get to go on line and they mean more to me then you can imagine. I plan on emailing everyone of you individually to express my gratitude but because of the time constraints and ...
2 days of work and already exhausted!
It's taken two showers just to scrub the dirt off of me and I still don't seem to be getting any cleaner! Two days into my placement and i am completely exhausted. Yesterday I met mama Sarah in her small and very poor village. We talked about the ...
On a happier note...
After work today we went to visit the town or Rao, your stereotypical image of what you would consider a East African village to look like.... So let me introduce you to one of the many reasons why I love Arica...It is the children that fill the ...
Kilimanjaro Challange
... found Gecko Friends, Jacquie and I caught the shuttle car to the bus station in Arusha where we caught the shuttle bus to Moshi (about 1 1/2 hours) where we were dropped off and picked up by someone else and delivered safely to the Keys Hotel in Moshi. ...
Mountain climbing is no joke!
... on the road and here and there and without much access to internet! I just finished reaching the summit of Mount Meru in Arusha, Tanzania. I am going to do my best to describe it. We started out at Momella gate, with a 4-5 hour trek through ...
Memorable Kilimanjaro climb
The Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania Climbing the Kilimandjaro was our first motivation for coming to Tanzania. The day after the Safari, we were in a Landrover, with porters and guides, heading towards the Machame village. The climb would last 6 days in ...
It's been too long!!!
... manyara yesterday and saw babboon, impala and a whole herd of giraffe. We came home and just relaxed. Everything here in moshi has been going wonderfully!! The oither volunteers and myslef are becoming like one big happy family!!! The food is amazing. ...
Too much walking!
... next weekend with six other volunteers so we went into town this morning to buy tickets - which will amount to a whopping $290,000 tanzania shillings, or tish. That's about $260 USD. I figured if i'm getting homesick now, I'll need a getaway to a nice ...
Busy week of travels
... struggling with being different to everyone else and no matter how hard I try I can never be like everyone else. Before I came to Tanzania this time I thought maybe I could live here but now I know that would be impossible for me. (I know Mum & Dad ...
Manyara Park! (2nd day of Safari)
Hey Everyone! The second day of safari was amazing! We got to sleep in a little bit and left around 7:30am for Manyara Park. This park is smaller and surrounds a very long lake, Manyara lake. The terrain is much more jungle like with little grasslands. ...
Maji Week, Moshi, and hangin with the TZ prez
Maji Week Happenings -- Moshi, Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro Region Maji(Water) Week is an event sponsored by the Ministry of Water and takes place the week before World Water Day on March 22. This year the events took place in Moshi town which is ...
Some R&R in Moshi
The next day in Moshi, we wandered around town, at the base of Kilimanjaro (invisible due to clouds) looking for some souvenirs for Mark and Gosia as they were leaving the next day. It was a very chill, pole pole (slowly slowly in Swahili) day with few ...
World Vision and Kilimanjaro (or lack thereof)
... Meru.we spent a relaxed day exploring (and fighting off hecklers) the next day. The highlights of this were some more good samosas (Tanzania is our official Samosa Capital of the world) and the icecream store we found. mmm! Today we took a short (2 ...