Month: September 2012

Right now I am sitting on the step that leads into my home for the week in rural Northern Tanzania (Babati District) listening to the soundtrack from the movie “O Brother Where Art Thou?”.  It is pleasant and relaxing.  This area is mountainous and full of rustic architecture; homes made out of red brick and…

Here is my up and coming itinerary for the next 42 days!! Sunday, October 7 – November something…  : Day 1: Arrive to Arusha from Dar for hotel accommodation (Outpost lodge) inclusive of dinner, breakfast. Day 2 – Day 3: Drive to Engikaret Masai village (45kms out of Arusha) for 2days and 2nights of cultural,…

Today was our last day on Zanzibar.  It was relaxing for the most part, with a tour of Prison Island in the morning.   I got to see a tortoise that is 155 years old!  I’ve decided that Zanzibar would be a beautiful place to honeymoon.  Everything is just so beautiful here!  And, since I now…

Today we did a variety of fun things.  In the morning we took a long daladala ride to the other end of the island.  Once there we got snorkeling gear, flippers and masks, and set sail to swim with dolphins!  There were a few pods out there, swimming very fast.  There were also pods of…

Today we took off on the ferry for Zanzibar (~45 miles off the coast of Dar) at 7:00AM.  It was a fun ride!  And seeing Zanzibar materialize on the horizon wasn’t half bad either.  The architecture here reminds me of picture I have seen of Venice, Italy.  It is beautiful!  We ported at Stone Town…

We had our methods due for Research methods and we also had our toughest Kiswahili test yet today.  Everybody said that they probably “bad failed” it and I felt the same way (although I ended up getting an A at 77%, totally not expected).  It was just the worst test and we didn’t have time…