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Home Safe!

TANZANIA | Tuesday, 24 Aug 2010 | Views [302]

So I'm sure everyone knows by now that we've returned home safely... I've been working hard to get my thousands of pictures organized and I finally created an album of my favorite photos from the trip.  It was difficult to pick and I got a bit lazy with ... Read more >


Zanzibar

TANZANIA | Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | Views [362] | Comments [1]

So I don't have much time but I wanted to do an update -- it will probably be my last one before I get home!  But Zanz was AMAZING... we tried to search for jobs while we were there but no one wanted to hire us :(.  It was definitely a tourist destination ... Read more >


Link to Glorious Orphanage

TANZANIA | Sunday, 1 Aug 2010 | Views [754]

Hi everyone, Today is a lazy Sunday so I have had some time to look around on the internet and I found a link to the orphanage I volunteer at. Here it is: http://www.gloriousorphanage.com/home. Someone who had volunteered there created it and it's ... Read more >


Facts about Arusha.

TANZANIA | Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010 | Views [2449]

So today I have a bit of time but not a lot to write about so I thought I would post the "random things about Arusha" that I've been keeping in my journal.  First an update on my life --- I've grown really accustomed to living here and things ... Read more >


Update from Arusha...

TANZANIA | Monday, 26 Jul 2010 | Views [376]

Pole sana, but this will be a rather disjointed update.  I will try to organize it as best I can! First, some updates on my volunteer placement.  We spent last week in the "intellectually impaired" wing of Patandi.  It was okay... the kids ... Read more >


An afternoon with the Maasai

TANZANIA | Monday, 19 Jul 2010 | Views [776]

So yesterday was our visit to the Maasai village!  Sonny, a guard at the volunteer house here in Arusha, generously offered to take like 15 of us to see his home. It was so neat and I'm so grateful I got to see the Maasai culture this way instead of ... Read more >


this page just took 41 minutes to load... AHHHHHH

TANZANIA | Friday, 16 Jul 2010 | Views [331]

hi everyone!! i'm so glad i get to give an update; the internet is being unbelievably slow today! so i've been in tanzania for over a week now and living in arusha for a little bit... it's so nice to feel like i'm figuring this town out.  today emily ... Read more >


ARUSHA

TANZANIA | Wednesday, 14 Jul 2010 | Views [390] | Comments [3]

hi everyone!  i figured i would give you a little bit of an idea what arusha is like... even though i've been here for only a week!  it's very hard to explain... and we can't take any pictures so hopefully i'll kind of be able to give you an idea! ... Read more >


SAFARI!

TANZANIA | Wednesday, 14 Jul 2010 | Views [482] | Comments [2]

mambo everyone!!  i am back in arusha after an AMAZING safari...  it was so so awesome.  it began on a bit of a rocky start as emily and i are not quite used to living on "tanzanian time"... our guide showed up an hour and a half late to pick ... Read more >


WE MADE IT!!

TANZANIA | Wednesday, 7 Jul 2010 | Views [416] | Comments [2]

i'm quickly writing this update from a cafe in arusha --- don't have much time because we're about to get picked up to go to meet our host family! it's been a loooong three days of traveling but we're doing great.  driving 7 hours through kenya was very ... Read more >


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