Kibo Palace Hotel Arusha

... Ground, 3km outside of Arusha. It's a pretty cool place. We set up our tiny tent on the grass and stuffed all our stuff inside. I don't have a sleeping bag, only a blanket I took from Ethiopian airlines, so I'm in pain from 3 nights on the ground. Our camp ground also came with a Vermet monkey who scampered through the trees watching all the campers and jumping on their tents. So cute! The camp ground is nicely set up. It has a bar and two pool tables, a lot of couches (where ...

... br>it will be unnecessary to even switch on your head lamp. In actual<br>fact, planning your summit attempt to coincide with the full moon dates<br>mentioned below would enhance your whole trek up the mountain, offering<br>some magnificent night views of Kibo from most of the overnight camps.

... t believe it and as Gabe pulled out the video camera I declared the hippo toast! The lion seemed to not believe her luck either, as she crouched even lower and began raising her butt in the air. The hippo walked on, totally unaware. Then, just as we were sure the lion was ready to pounce and we were all holding our breath, her butt went down and she turned away. The hippo passed by her, within feet of her, and continued lumbering ...

... br><br>· What you can drink &#8230; again, everything on property is OK, including ice (which is made of purified water) but only bottles/canned items when off property. She did suggest we drink bottled water even at the hotels; and brush our teeth with it because of the extremely high mineral content of the tap water.<br><br>· What about the bugs? &#8230; mosquitoes and malaria are a major concern; tsetse flies are not much of a ...

Moshi!<br>Thank you all for your comments, I am thinking of everyone at Earlham as class starts today :) Crazy! So we all made it here safe and sound and we are starting to settle in. We have spent the last two nights in Arusha and had a chance to warm up to this amazing and incredibly new place. Arusha is a pretty big tourist town so we haven't had the most relaxing trips into town, but already I am learning so so much. I ...

... to her mom what Matanya&#8217;s Hope is and our plan to take her to AIC Girl&#8217;s Secondary School in Kenya, she was overwhelmed and said we had to go see Witness at boarding school immediately. We drove about a half an hour to her school in the middle of hills and desert. Witness&#8217;s mother, called Mama Witness broke her leg about a year ago and it never healed so she limps. Additionally they do not have a car so when ...

... face during sex?" <br>"What are the effects if a girl releases air from the anus during sex?"<br>*Because I am a 5-year old and still find bathroom humor hilarious, this was the one question out of all the questions in the entire 2 weeks that I had a hard time keeping my composure answering - I ended up cracking up while Charlotte and I were trying to explain that there are no damaging effects if someone ***** during sex.<br>"If a girl has ...

... of sleeping in Mama Anna's house...ughhhhh.<br>Love and miss you all!<br><br>By the way - people think of Africa and they picture 90 degree weather. Not true. It's been chilly in the mornings and at night, probably low 60s. The crazy Tanzanian girls in my house think that it's cold enough to wear wool ski hats, I'm not kidding. They never take them off and it cracks me up. During the afternoon it warms up a lot but most days I wish I had a sweatshirt (Sarah and Gurtman - bring some and one for me?)<br><br>

... for praise, this was another way Mhando and the other&#8217;s involved showed their appreciation. After the meeting, Dr. Mhando gave us a tour of his clinic showing the in-patient area, out-patient waiting room, the Echo Room (&#8220;Ben, you can use this since you are so good with computers&#8221;) and the CTC clinic (where they do HIV testing and care). Once done the tour we were headed home. We got home and started working on our tentative ...

... this week:<br>1) Tanzanians consider it very rude to put chapstick on in public, but see nothing rude about picking their noses in public. Strange? Yes. <br>2) When you tell the people that approach you in the street that you're from the US, a lot of them scream, "Barack Obama!!" One guy followed me for my entire 45 minute walk rambling on about how he needs to marry a European or an American to create the next Barack Obama. Oh, and... <br>3) I've gotten in the habit of telling ...