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Old Moshi Road, Kijenge Area Arusha, Tanzania, 7302, 27-254-3082

1. Baking Bread: Whole wheat sourdough- Sourdough because I made the dough and set it to rise and then the power was out for two days. Okay, so I know that's not the recommended way of making sourdough, but it actually turned out tasty and not at all deadly. 2. Knitting a scarf: It's yellow and purple. 3. Going to the Gym (see also #6): But like no gym I've ever seen before. Player's Club has a full restaurant and bar as well as a pool (with poolside food/drink service, of course) a weight ro...
Arusha, Tanzania afrikanyaToday, officially, the RAINS have come to Arusha. And with them, the dreaded wadudu. the Swahili word that means insect generally, but in this particular instance refers to ant-sized creatures with a three-inch wing span. They come out of holes in the ground with the rain, and shortly after they emerge, their wings fall off. So I got to the office today and the cleaning staff was sweeping up piles of wings and wingless insects from the bathrooms, where the windows had been open all night. My ...
Arusha, Tanzania afrikanyaSorry it's been so long again, I've been all over the place - village, travelling within Tanzania for my holidays and back in Iringa sick again! After I last wrote I spent a couple of weeks in my village, just teaching in the primary school because the secondary has closed down for holidays, and trying to give some seminars in the community. The teaching is still going great, ever improving as my level of Kiswahili also improves, but working with community adults remains our largest challenge...
All over Tanzania!, Tanzania dip10020I wanted to do a quick, separate entry on Arusha. Arusha, along with this other town called Moshi, are the two small towns that act as staging points for tourists. Moshi is closer to Kili, but our tour guide company had an office in Arusha, so that's how we ended up there. One thing I noticed is that I never saw tourists walking around either town. I think people must fly into Kili, go to their hotel & then leave the next day for either Mt. Kili, Mt. Meru or a safari. We were warned that ...
Arusha, Tanzania jc_haroonEating 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!
Arusha, Tanzania off_road_claraWe got up early and had a final breakfast with our friends Nick and Barbara. They will be in the crater all day, but we will leave around 11 to head for Arusha. We got a better view of a male lion today. He was incredibly large and well-defined, with a huge mane and majestic body. Wow, very impressive. We got some up close views of zebras, wildbeasts, warthogs, and hienas. We also saw a golden jackal, which we hadn't seen yet. It was a little cloudy and cool, but hopefully there was enough li...
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... Maasai men there said he knew where Witness’s mother lived so he directed us. The second she saw me and realized I was looking for her she cried, "Talia?! Thank you Lord she has come!" I had never met this woman before and was confused at first to her reaction. Apparently Witness did not stop talking about me all year and she and her mother had prayed almost every night that I would come back to help her go to school. After ...
Arusha, Tanzania taliasegal... boil water, clean house, go to school, come home, go to market, fetch water, clean clothes, begin preparing dinner, set table, eat dinner, study, bath, bed. It definitely gets the point across to the kids and you can see it on their faces. They were all really into the discussion that followed about gender and empowering women.<br><br>Some remaining amazing questions that Charlotte and I got towards the end of last week:<br>"Why does girl make ...
Arusha, Tanzania emilybriglia... is the best place to get a drink and just chill after having to explain the pros and cons of anal sex all day. Mom and Dad, aren't you proud?<br><br>Today's plans are up the air...I'm at McMoodys (another internet cafe) with Melinda right now and will probably meet up with Elysse and Selena in a bit considering I haven't seen Elysse in a while. Tonight we may go to Masai Camp for drinks and dancing (wooooo!) but who knows. <br><br>Everyone wish me luck as I face 14 more ...
Arusha, Tanzania emilybriglia... the show). They both are hilarious together. Halfway through the meeting a man (Michael) joined us who works at Upendo. In Swahili, he told us how grateful they were to have us and told us how our assistance had been helping. It was terrific to hear that we make a difference with our assistance and that people’s lives were improved significantly. It just instills a drive in us to give more of ourselves to this project. Though we don’t do this ...
Arusha, Tanzania maniaintanzania... here (as they often do), the volunteers usually just laugh and say, "TIA guys, TIA"...This is Africa. Eventually I made it back to Philips and all I wanted to do was pee and eat my frozen Twix. TIA.<br><br>In about an hour a bunch of us are going out to dinner then heading to an Arusha club. I'm going to show off all my sweet white dance moves to all the Africans with rhythm. We're staying at Centre House again, maybe we'll run into Sue?<br><br>Couple interesting Africa ...
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