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Moshi Slideshow
Moshi
Travel Blogs from Moshi, Tanzania
Getting Closer
After breakfast, I went out looking for companies that arrange safaris and treks up Kili. I looked all day and not one could offer something that was perfect for me. Some companies did not have a group for me to join (as I didn't want to do the trek ...
Some familiar faces and a quiet Home-Base
I woke up early Friday so that I could go on another run. I had a much easier time going uphill and navigating the rocky paths. I took another chilly shower and finally got off to placement. Nicole (my roommate and fellow intern) left right before me to ...
Genocide in Rwanda
Some volunteers and I took the 90 minute drive to Arusha where the (ICTR) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was established. We were lucky enough to obtain access to sit in on one of the genocide trials that was currently taking place. For those ...
Asking for help...
... email addres - dabujawdeh@hotmail.com . The money will automatically hit my account in a couple days. I will then transfer the money to tanzania so that noone has to deal with that part. If you don't have an account, it takes just two minutes to open ...
Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro
The sunrise at 5896m (19,000ish ft) is breath taking. As we approached our Kilimanjaro summit, the east horizon had a thin red line that slowly blossomed into a beautiful sunrise. It was so beautiful it made me cry. Five days before ...
The final chaper
... chapter. In the end I didn’t go to Morogoro because Gasper was ill so our travel got delayed. Instead I stayed in Moshi Saturday and Sunday and then we travelled to Dar es Salaam on Monday. Originally I didn’t want another weekend in Moshi ...
DAY 8 - Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
We're done... finally. It felt great to descend the final few hours through the rainforest and arrive at the gate. There, we collected our summit certificates, proving to the world that I had indeed made it to 19,345 feet! Whew, ...
Amani childrens home
Getting involved with the local people and projects was something that I really wanted to do when I came to Tanzania, and is my passion - especially work with street children so I was very pleased that we were finally able to spend a day at Amani ...
Kilimanjaro...soo you think you can handle it?
... and hated it so quit and decided to do an MBA at Columbia. I walked around to compare with other companies but everything was closed and Moshi was a much bigger dump than I had expected so I didn't want to walk around at night. I did some research on the ...
DAY 5 - Mount Kilimanjaro Climb
Today, we would get to scale the Great Barranco wall, 700 feet of near vertical rock. Or so it seemed. I was incredulous initially when I looked at this wall because it looked like you would need a rope and harness to climb it. ...
DAY 6 - Mount Kilimanjaro Climb
The small bushes and plants that accompanied us in Karanga were slowly but surely disappearing as we approached Barafu. Barafu was our highest camp site at 15,500 ft, and would also be the last site before we went for the summit. It was very ...
Travelling to Tanzania
... others hoping to travel to Moshi that night. So in the rain we all stand in the dark in Arusha until a bus comes by. Tanzania has worse bus passenger policies then Kenya, and I knew that. I also could have stayed in Arusha instead of travelling to Moshi, ...
This weeks plans and a little bit of Malaria...
... ! Such a disapointment. Tomorrow, some of us are going to Arusha, which doesnt sound that great. Arusha is a busier version of Moshi, and a dirtier one at that. On Friday, I am going to go to a different hospital than I did on Monday to ...
At the foot of Mount Kili
... voor mensen die Kili willen beklimmen. Na een 2 uur durende busreis van €1,- TE man (2.000 Tsh) waren we in Moshi. Na ingecheckt te hebben bij t Kilimanjaro Bacjpackers hostel wilden we eigenlijk wel een stuk hiken op de Kilimanjaro. We zijn naar ...
At the foot of Kilimanjaro
... minute flight was uneventful, except for the volcano that was spewing black smoke off the left side! All in a day's excitement.... Moshi is a nice town in a dusty part of the country. In fact the dust is everywhere. Im going to have ...
Out of Commission in Moshi
... I can mail them home once I get to Europe. I also bought my bus ticket to Nairobi on the 10th of July. I also walked around Moshi for a short while. All the touts know me know. None of them ask me about safaris and Kili treks as they know I already did ...
Quotes from the climb
Scott: “No one can hear you scream on the mountain, cupcake” Scott: “What happens on the mountain stays on the mountain” Scott: “You can’t swallow that?” Mike: “That was my previous job” Tom: ...
Medicine in Tanzania
... for the rest of the day, real cool people who showed me around and talked about the challenges of practicing medicine in rural Tanzania. I kid you not every second person on the ward either had TB or AIDS. KCMC has got an inpatient HIV prevalence of 40% ...
African Safari
... the distance). We were also fortunate enough to see a black Rhino in the distance, one of the most endangered animals in Tanzania at the moment. He was HUGE (and looked just like a dinosaur). Our third and last day we went to ...
23 down! 12 more to go!
I didn't have a good night sleep last night. I was feeling a bit ill and was suffering from some dizzy spells. I think I don't drink enough water. It is something I need to start doing more of as it isn't good to be walking around in the heat and not ...
Mt Kilimanjaro and the Ngorongoro Crater
... is a breathtaking natural wonder. Its rich pasture supports over 25,000 animals, predominantly grazing animals, including some of Tanzania's last black rhinos and the usual suspects of Lions, Cheetahs, Hippos, Zebra, buffalo, Wildebeest, and various ...
Kilimanjaro: 36 hours and counting
... away our bags, loaded the van and within 10 minutes of landing were off to our volunteer placement outside of Moshi. Exiting the airport we passed women carrying baskets and bags on their heads, Massai children herding goats ...
The bitter and the sweet
... bit of trouble because we found our flight from Kilimanjaro airport was canceled Friday. But the airline we had booked with Air Tanzania allowed us to get onto the Precision Air flight some other volunteers were taking to get to Zanzibar. So that wasn't ...
Roof of Africa
Was it as awesome as you thought it would be? Oh yeah! And then some! Worth every step. Every dollar. The mountain was extraordinary! And though this is billed as a "hike" - it is - but trust us when we say that it is ...
I know now why they call it the TERRIBLE two's
Woooooow! What a day!!!! I went to an orphanage called Kili Kids. One of the girls that has been here since I got there volunteers there. And now I know why she comes home tired every day!!!!! She has a group of around 4 students about ages 4 to 7 that ...
A great day!
Hi everyone! Finally I can write to you with some great news. Today, with your help, we were able to finally pay for some materials to continue the building of the coop! We have a ways to go, but we are getting there slowly. We met ...
Kilimanjaro?
... access to Mount Kilimanjaro. An early morning to catch another bus to Nairobi, and we were very lucky to see the largest freestanding mountain without a vale of cloud. We snapped some photos out of the bus window as daylight was arriving to ...
Farewell....
Today was my last day. I woke up with a pit in my stomach knowing I would have to say goodbye to all the amazing people I had spent this time with and shared this journey with. I have met some incredible volunteers that I know will stay in my life ...