Hotel Fort Des Moines Arusha

... behind us and sent them off, slinking the other way. In fact, one of the hyenas was trying to mate with the other. He would jump on her back for one or two seconds before she turned to bite, but he never gave up. We saw them doing their funny dance far off into the horizon as he would mount her, fall off, walk one or two steps, then mount her again. <br><br>Soon we saw an outcropping of rocks and Lola spotted three lions sleeping on ...

... together beautifully. One of the men&#8217;s children is there with him, holding a long stick like the other men and stamping it in time to the music, miming the men. It&#8217;s so cute. The men sing different parts and it is if at times they are mimicking animal noises. Suddenly one steps forward and with rigid body jumps straight up in the air, arms at his ...

... left the snake park after 12, 3 hours behind schedule. Drove for the rest of the day and bushcamped off the road.<br><br>Dist. cov. = km<br><br>24th - Drove past Mt Hanang (3416m) into the town of Singida. Slow moving today as we have a large hole in our new radiator (George Jr.). Bushcamped beside the road.<br><br>Dist cov. = km<br><br>25th - Drove all day to reach the border at Rusumo Falls, called so due to the large waterfall in no-mans land.<br>

... be in the 50s most mornings when we begin our game drives.<br><br>At 4 pm, the entire Tauck &#8220;Classic Safari: Kenya and Tanzania&#8221; group met in the lobby for an orientation. Rachel Cirincione, our tour director for the next two weeks, covered a lot of topics:<br><br>- What you can eat &#8230; basically everything at the hotels where we are staying is safe, but avoid all the usual (fruits, lettuce, etc.) when away from the ...

A short drive took us to our last campsite of this leg and our last night in Tanzania. Our tents backed onto the snake park meaning no one was going to try and jump the back fence to get at them seeing as they'd have to cross the crocodile pit to do it!<br><br>People were a little demob happy as this was the last night together - many photos were taken, and plenty of red wine was spilt. More than one person couldn't find their way back to their tent that night.<br><br>C&amp;I

Today I got to see Witness!!! It was so exciting we both started crying. The day started with breakfast at the hotel and we then drove the half an hour from the main city of Arusha to the Meserani area. After finding the snake park we walked around a little and talked to the owners Ma and Pa (BJ and Lynn Bale). It was such a weird feeling to be back at the place I had missed so much from last summer and it hasn't changed at all. One of ...

... out their daily schedules on the board...this lesson generally works every time. The differences are unreal, and all 40 students in our class agreed that these schedules are typical of other boys and girls. Godfrey (the boy's) schedule was basically: wake up at 6am, take bath, eat breakfast, go to school, come home, play, study, dinner, sleep. Samira (the girl's) schedule was more like this: wake up at 5am, take bath, begin cooking breakfast for ...

... it is starting to take a toll on me and I don't know what else to do anymore.<br><br>Besides my massive sleep deprivation and Mama Anna pushing me into becoming addicted to Valium, things are amazing here. I can't explain how much I love teaching and the kids, and I've been having a really good time when I'm not teaching. Some days after work we'll grab a beer or a glass of wine, and we've recently discovered Blue Heron, an amazing Muzungu (white person) restaurant/garden area ...

... This was an introductory meeting. The Mhandos gave us some of their expectations and suggestions and we just gave them ours. We essentially had to make a semi-legitimate schedule to show the next day when we were meeting the Mhandos again but there was an added bonus: we would be going to an African wedding after the next days meeting!!!!!!!!!!!! The Mhandos are a dynamic couple to say the least. Both compliment each other very well (with Mrs. Mhando ...

... Philips. As I'm telling him to give me my money back because he didn't take me to Philips, I get bombarded by 6 other dala conductors grabbing me to try to get me on their car. I had to physically push them off me and jumped on the next dala I saw. This dala drives ten feet, breaks down, so all the passengers, including the breastfeeding mother who had no problem pulling out her boobie while she's squished between 5 men, have to get off and wait for another one. When things get ...