January 2010
41 posts
Oh, hello
So happy to have you visit. If you’re here to read about Tanzania, it perhaps works best to start at the bottom of here and work your way up. If you’re here for India, starting from the fourth post down here may make the most sense. Of course, it’s entirely up to you. I hope you find something that interests you.
If you feel compelled to contact me about any of this for any...
hello, again
It’s been a while since I’ve been back from Tanzania, but due to a trip to India, a temporary revival of this blog seems in order.
This past fall, I took a class through the Honors Program and the College of Engineering entitled “Millennium Development Goal 7: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability.” It was open to all majors, and had everyone from environmental studies...
September 2008
2 posts
Reluctantly, I give you my final post
As you hopefully know by now, I have been home for about two weeks already. Yet, I cannot seem to stop myself from writing one last post. No, I won’t be able to say nearly as much as I wish I could share with everyone about my experiences, but in that I have hardly said anything up until now, I feel that one more post is simply a must. Continuing my trend of a unique format for each post and...
August 2008
5 posts
I wish I could say a bit more
It seems that I do not write home nearly often enough to know where to begin when I finally get the opportunity … thus, I kindly ask that you accept my apologies both for my rather rare contact and for the pronounced level of disjointedness apparent in my posts. That being said, I suppose I will just begin by describing what has occupied the majority of my time recently, and we’ll see where it...
Cultural Tidbits
So, this is when having unusual sleeping habits is especially useful. It’s 3:30 in the morning here, and I’m siting on the roof of the Arusha Backpackers Hotel typing this post. For only 7 USD or 8400 Tanzanian shillings a night, you can share a room with three other random people (thankfully, I know one of them tonight), take a shower that involves standing under a showerhead (the...
The Maasai
Alright, so I mentioned “Maasai” people a few times in my last post, and it later occurred to me that such a title might not mean much to you. Thus, I’ve determined that before I go any further, I better try to explain my referrence a bit. As you do probably know, before colonial powers came along looking to carve up Africa and call it their own, the continent was not really...
No worries. Tanzania does have internet access -...
Habari, friends! (Literally, “news,” but essentially, “Hey! How are you?”). In regards to my failure to write home until now, all I can say is, “Pole sana!” (I am very sorry). By now, you have probably begun to believe that either I never made it to Tanzania or that I developed some sort of grand scheme to move here permanently and never talk to anyone again. I am happy to say, however, that...
July 2008
12 posts
Why?
So, it has just dawned on me that perhaps one of you may be wondering why on earth I’m making this trip. And rightly so – I, too, would like to know if I were you. So, if anyone comes up with an answer, gladly share it with me at your earliest convenience.
No, no, only kidding. If I can explain the reasoning behind my penguin theme, I better be able to explain why I’m about to travel to an...
I can't believe I just found this →
Click on it! It’s the website of the actual orphanage I’m volunteering at. IFRE didn’t quite give me the correct information, but this is even more exciting.