Making friends in far away places
Strangers are strange, but so are our friends, right?
Adventures in the wild
Mating lions and hissing baboons, oh the sounds of the bush.
Bagamoyo: Of ancient people, places and memories
Arab slave-traders, Catholic missionaries & German colonizers, Bagamoyo has housed them all.
“To buy or not to buy” that is not the only question.
From the street to the point of sale, shopping a foreign land can be incredibaly fun or frustrating.
Wondering down unknown streets can lead to some of the most wonderfully random events.
Some people fear walking down unknown roads, but doing so has brought me to great places otherwise unkown. Talking to strangers is the best way of making friends.
If it doesn’t work with the kids, try the adults.
Trying to teach English to the children at the orphanage is not working out so well, so I’ve found teaching opportunities elsewhere.
The first day of works is always….
I’m suppsoed to observe the school, but where are al the students?
Making Progress Within My Random Adventures
I’ve moved into an air-conditioned bedroom & found a weekend ESL teaching gig.
Halfway there
Classes finished, internship begining and the city’s grime is making its mark on me.
“Because Obama is coming…”
U.S. President Obama’s visit to Tanzania causes ripples in the lives of local folks.
On Arrival…
Here I am, stranded in the airport of a foreign country, with no phone or internet service, no address of where I will be staying and no phone number for the person that was scheduled to pick me up. Yikes!