Selous Impala Camp Selous Game Reserve

... forgot to mention that our crew, while numbering 70, actually eats like 140 (at least). I'm yet to do a calorie count but it would be interesting. What the chef had prepared was woefully inadequate. "You need twice this" I told him. We set to cooking up more rice and vegetables, as the clock ticked on. "how many kilos of meat did you cook?" I asked "8 kilo including bones" "These people will eat ...

... her drive the taxi to a club where she got another taxi to take us to the house. This taxi driver did not know where the house was and spoke no English. But between Pete and I, we remembered enough landmarks to get us home. At the locked gate, we honked and pounded until one of the kids let us in. Inside the compound, we found the doors to the house locked. I tapped on the window and woke up my roommate Linda who woke up Anna who woke up the Bishop. At 2 am, we were home.

... culture. That can cause incredible misunderstandings. But even though life can be hard and cultures can clash, there is more to gain by experiencing life as others live it. And what Americans perceive as difficult or strange can be comforting to someone else. For example, Linda told me of walking through suburban Boston with a Masaii friend. the Masaii are pastoralists and love their cattle. As he and Linda walked past lawn after ...

... bride price. We were all going to be in traditional attire.Happy gathered up me and Amy for a whirlwind shopping excursion in the markets for African shirts for the guys and kangas for the girls. Kangas are colorful fabrics with sayings on them that can be used as wraps, shawls or made into dresses. Happy told Amy and I that women from the salon were coming to the house to wrap us in kangas. It was supposed to start at 4:00 pm. At 6, women were still in my room getting ...

... and outdoor showers that were serenaded by hippos snorts in the distance. The best part of this stop was watching lions eat "breakfast". Our morning game drive started slow until we came upon another jeep watching lions. After ...

Full day of meetings at the Tanzanian Parliament. Pretty flash place only opened two years ago. Has pretty plush seats. They would be deadly in Westminster as MP's would nod off straight away although it would make getting business through quickly. Had meeting with Prime Minister, CPA branch and a range of committees such as the public accounts committee. Pretty heavy duty. The bus was sent back for Pat and Katie to take them shopping ...

... They ask me why I get sand and I told them you collect, but this does not compute here and my safari guide questioned your sanity ;) Just kidding, he thought it was strange but I'm sure he would coming from where he comes from, plus...sand if everywhere here. Night Night....talk soon about my adventure! Ok, Pictures!!!!!! Can you believe it. Frita the owner of the Internet cafe rocks...Apparently she had something that would help all along I just had ...

... I arrived in Ilula, well when my bus drove past Ilula and dropped my off 2 km from Ilula, I was at 6000ft elevation. The air was cool and welcoming. I called the girls and they told me to stay put ad they would come find me. I ended up finding myself with lots of company who insisted on calling Berit, the woman who runs the center, to pick me up. So I had two parties coming to find me...despite the fact that I tried to tell the men ...

... we know we would be asking him the same question, him answering to a different tune altogether. Just a few kilometres into our track, the road became pure mud, squishy and wet. We had a few near misses and slid off the road a few times into the shallow ditch. Hoping it would get better, we carried on, but the mud soon became thicker and the ditches deeper. Up ahead we could see the same yellow truck stopped sideways, wheels spinning in the muddy ...

... figure that if the Africans are getting upset, when they are used to transportation that is notoriously bad, maybe this situation is out of the norm. We sit for 2 hours at the side of the road. The bus company sends mechanics to fix the bus. A representative from the company comes to reassure the passengers that the bus will be fixed and they will be underway soon. Police officers keep everyone under control and direct ...