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Arusha Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Arusha, Tanzania
Serengeti Safari
From Nairobi, we headed south into Maasi country of southern Kenya, northern Tanzania. The Maasi are mostly sheep & goat herdsman who wear bright red plaid blankets. Sometimes you see boys that are less than 10 years old with a herd of 20 or so cattle ...
Ngorongoro Crater
Head off the next day for Arusha - Tanzania. Was delighted to find out that Irish people do not have to pay for a visa - saving of $50. Once in Arusha I spend about half an hour trying to get a ATM machine to accept my card - the Barclays ATM was broken ...
The Bribe
Did I get any sleep on the plane last night - that'd be a NO. Accumulated dozing probably amounted to around an hour - it was a really bumpy flight - which reminded me just how much I hate flying. We fly at regular intervals throughout the year, but ...
Goodbye Visiwani
... are such sweet people and we were very happy, we stayed there as we now have got two new friends. We took a luxury bus from Arusha to Dar-es-salaam, which took about 9 hours. We got a daladala (local minibus) from the bus station to the city ...
Arrival
First time in a country is always interesting. So many things the same yet so many things ...
end Feb Arusha
Hi Everyone Could not get into this last Friday. Have had a great 2 weeks. Been to a wedding, actually double wedding. The ceremony was very traditional, although the bride was dressed like an Aussie bride. After that we went to the reception!!!. A bit ...
Kondoa Market
While every market has been interesting, the last few have been especially so. Today I needed to pick up some fruit for lunch, and something to spruce up tonight's curry. We took a brief side tour to the small town of Kondoa, not expecting much. My first ...
To the Summit of Africa
... fill you in on some of the details in a later entry, but for now, we just want to tell you that we have arrived in Arusha, the put-in point for the ascension of the great mt. Kilimanjaro, and we leave... this morning!! We are taking the Machame route ...
Arusha
Today was a long, long 15 hour drive to get to Arusha. Teh scenery on the drive was really ...
HIV Presentation
Today Ben and I did an HIV presentation at a vocational school for Tamiha. They have no sex education or anything in thier schools here so they are eager for information. There are so many misconceptions here ...
Grzimeks Erben
Das letzte Highlight der Reise hatte es in sich! Der Ngorongoro Krater, Ueberbleibsel einer Vulkan-Caldera ca 18*13km im Durchmesser und mit einer beeindruckenden Fauna ist echt supersehenswert. Ausser einigen nervoes guckenden Massai-Rindern, deren ...
So I hit him
... to enjoy it while I had it. All this for about $13 - it was worth every penny (that's quite a bit for Tanzania!). Wednesday I spent in the MondoChallenge office. I had to share a LOT with Kate (we have two Kates here - both ...
Game drive thriller, the return of Priscilla ...
... hand to scare it. We met the truck at a lodge in town and had lunch and then set off to our final destination – Arusha. It was another long drive and we finally arrived at about 5pm. Pulling up, who should be waiting for us but ...
About Teaching and the Safari
... teachers go to university or college to upgrade their teaching degree. They are all female, and they explained to me that in Tanzania men never teach kids below the age of seven because they consider it to be childcare rather than teaching, and in ...
Cows, please
Just wanted to talk a little bit about the Maasai people before I run out of time here. Tanzania has many, many Maasai. They live in round huts called boma, which are typically not used year round. they are nomadic and move depending on the season. ...
SAFARI SO-GOODY
... ; ; ; ; Then it was back to Arusha with a great feeling of accomplishment. BUT there was present an equally strong feeling, if not stronger, and that ...
The long journey home
This will be a long day on the plane: one plane from Kilimandjaro to Zanzibar (I almost jumped out of the plane: i was so tempted to spend a few days there & definitely would on our next trip there!) to Dar Es Salaam to Jo'burg to ...
Safari Time!
... later we got to Arusha in one piece having bypassed the town of Moshi at the foot of Mount Kilomanjaro (the third reason why Tanzania is such an attraction). We would have loved to do the infamous Kilkmanjaro climb but for us it was a choice of either ...
Hangin with the locals
... and a few of the neighbor children came up to the house. It was the Thursday before Easter and a holiday here in Tanzania. Little Calvin, from down the street showed up in his suit and we assumed he had come from church. Several hours ...
Feels Like Home
I went on home visits in USA River with Tamiha today. The Dala Dala ride home was interesting, at least the first one I took was. The people sitting in my row spoke perfect English and were having a conversation in English when I got on. First they were ...
I need a holiday!
Unsurprisingly, our final morning dawned with glorious blue skies and the sun shining on all the freshly fallen snow atop the mountain! It was hard to believe the difference in conditions from just 24 hours previously. Once we had finished breakfast, all ...
Luci's folks are visiting
Arusha and Moshi are typical African towns, with not very much in the line of tourist attractions, but we managed to go a great coffee tour taking your from plant to cup of coffee. Luci's folks came out from Aussie to join us for two weeks of African ...
Arusha Day 1
We finally got to Arusha today after more tavelling including a ten hour flight with a crying baby and a woman asking me to carry her kid down the stairs. We are sooooo tired of travelling. Valerie, the project leahere, bought us all a coke on the way to ...
Shopping!
We got up and went to Tamiha where a few people gave a presentation on computers to the secondary school students that the organization sponsors, they have never had any access to computers! Melody and I ...
Church and others
... It was a Catholic church I believe, and I have since discovered the local Anglican church (which apparently is the biggest one in Arusha) and will attending church there next week. Besides that, I have been a bit homesick this past week, and though I ...
The Serengeti - I am in "The Lion King"
The Serengeti...All I have to say is WOW. What a large expanse of land for as far as the eye can see with what seems like nothing but is teaming with all sorts of wildlife. We begin our first day in the Serengeti at 8:30am, as do most other people ...
Arusha
... does still take place in some areas. The next morning we packed our tents for the last time, had breakfast and headed into Arusha where we dropped off members of our group. Dave and Brad were dropped at a hotel where they were meeting others who were ...
An Amazing 4 days!
... up having a brilliant time in a national park that is full of wildlife. The four days started with a drive from Moshe town to Arusha national park. Once we arrived at the national parks first gate we got out payed and headed down to the second gate and ...
I got through!
... , I was suppose to use cabbage! :( It was an interesting coleslaw! From Snake park, the following morning we headed to Tanzania, crossing the border into the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater. And as you know this is just the begining ...