Arusha Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

So this will probably be my last blog...and despite any past frustrations:
1) I ****ing loved this. It was by far one of the best experiences of my life.
2) If you can, everyone should travel somewhere and volunteer, the time is so well-spent and seriously, so worth it.
3) I'm coming back to Africa...eventually.
4) I would defini...

Eesh. Lots to write about. So the past couple of days have been eventful. First and foremost, I moved from the hostel into my homestay family's house. My "mama" (that's what they call them here) is named Mama Anna and she's so sweet and hilarious. The first time I met her I went to shake her hand and say "Shikamo", the appropriate way to greet a...

Hamjambo! Sorry it has been awhile since I've last been able to update! As I mentioned before, we work 40 hour weeks and by the time we are finished for the day it is often too late to go to the internet cafe. Teaching in Njiro this past week has been such an amazing and enriching experience. We had eight local women attend from various villages...

Just had one whole bloody blog deleted!!!!!! Anyway, here goes again. So i must of been tired last night as i manged to forget to say that we saw a wild elephant on the first day too!!! Our guide had only seen one before in the 45 trips he had done previously, we were very lucky. The Americans came in handy for once as one of them spotted it. It...

Eating Indian food in a hotel called the Impala in Arusha Tanzania has to be one of the funniest things. But damn, it was good. As was the company. A mass of biologists from many different countries, and there was Guinness too!

Our climb up the mountain began on the 9th of August at 8am. It was a 45 drive from the Spring lands hotel to the Machame gate where we would be starting our ascent. Ian and I were informed that we had 9, yes NINE, people assisting us on our climb. 1 guide, 1 assistant guide, 1 cook, and 3 porters EACH. Unbelievable! I got the impression they we...

We were able to save a little money by flying in a day early, and we were so glad we did. This gave us a chance to check out the plantation, to rest up, get to know the two Judys, and just hang out. We got up pretty early this morning; Amy was ready for coffee, Nathan woke with camera in hand. We headed down to breakfast, which was quite lavish....

They say that you haven't really seen the sky until you see it in Africa, and it's true. Our bus from Nairobi to Arusha zooms out into the empty Kenyan roads and we start to see the Africa we had dreamed of. Vast, flat plans, empty except for the flat-topped trees, roll out as far as the eye can see. Covering it all, like a massive white duvet, ...

Living in Arusha is night and day from working in Arusha. When Bill Clinton called Arusha the Geneva of Africa, he was only referring to the work being done at the ICTR. Anything else would have been a grave misrepresentation! Arusha is the hub of all East African traveler, whether you're going to the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Kilimanjaro or...

Well finally I have managed to find a decent internet cafe where I don't have to pay an arm and a leg for the use of the internet, something like 3 dollars for 15 minutes! We are now in Zambia and about 5 days away from the end of the first tour. Our tour is divided into two parts, the first part was from Nairobi to Livingstone and the second pa...