TANZANIA | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 | Views [363]
Elephants are very emotional creatures. I watched one documentary where a researcher had raised this elephant and then helped it to integrate into the wild. Ten years after leaving the elephant in the wild the researcher came back to the area where ... Read more >
TANZANIA | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 | Views [376]
The scenery just to the west of the Serengeti is very reminiscent of the Disney Lion King movie. Gigantic boulders are piled into mountains but surrounded by perfectly flat plains. Even after taking geology 209 I can’t figure out how these rock formations ... Read more >
TANZANIA | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 | Views [376]
Going on Safari I believe it was in grade eight that my class had the assignment of writing up a list of things we wanted to do in our life. Now there is a blockbuster film called the Bucket List which comedically presents this process. On ... Read more >
TANZANIA | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 | Views [454]
The saying ‘This Is Africa’ came to mind today as we saw and experienced the trials of transportation. It all started with a trip to the border to drop off Vera and Maria for their trip to Kigali. On the way there we came across several large tree branches ... Read more >
TANZANIA | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 | Views [365]
I have found that it is hard to notice the level of latent knowledge available in western, developed countries. It was not until I started working in Tanzania that I started to think about how you propagate public announcements without T.V., radio ... Read more >
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TANZANIA | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 | Views [368]
April 18-19 This weekend was definitely one of experience. On Saturday I went to have a drink with two of the guys I work with. The conversation was interesting and tended to focus around the cultural differences between Tanzanians and Canadians.... Read more >
TANZANIA | Saturday, 18 Apr 2009 | Views [522]
April 18 As many of you may already know, Ngara had some of the largest refugee camps in the world. Today we drove the Benako route and although there are really no refugees left in this area, their presence can still be seen. One of the most notable ... Read more >
Tags: philisophical, refugees
TANZANIA | Wednesday, 15 Apr 2009 | Views [2590] | Comments [3]
Did you know that Hakuna Matata, the phrase from the lion king that has a whole song dedicated to it, actually means no worries or no problem in Swahili. I was shocked to learn that this actually meant something and was not just a phrase made up ... Read more >
TANZANIA | Friday, 10 Apr 2009 | Views [405]
After my first day on the job I am already burnt to a crisp. I did not realize just how sun sensitive the Malaria medication can make a person. As a result the one thing that I likely did not bring enough of is sun block. However, there is a lovely ... Read more >
TANZANIA | Friday, 10 Apr 2009 | Views [524]
My first visit to the Artisan groups WomenCraft has 22 artisan groups, of which I visited 4 today. I am a little jetlagged but eager to get started on my work. The great thing about my work is that they say I can really focus in on what I ... Read more >
Tags: artisans, fair trade
RWANDA | Friday, 10 Apr 2009 | Views [506]
The Rwandan country side from all viewpoints is very Eden like. Like the foothills of Alberta the landscape slowly changes from the flat savanna to gradually larger rolling mounds until you enter Rwanda and are fully surrounded by the lush green velvet ... Read more >
Tags: getting there, rwanda
KENYA | Thursday, 2 Apr 2009 | Views [671] | Comments [1]
Karibu! Welcome to my blog! I am nearing the last leg of my journey to Ngara! As I am waiting to board my flight to Rwanda I realized a pattern emerging from this trip. It seems that the closer I get to arriving at my final destination the ... Read more >
