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Part 10: Leaving Arusha
Back to school got me off track with my journal, but I am going to finish it! Here's the next step on out journey.
We had a wonderful week with the Hale's at the university. Time had come to head out on our other adventures in Tanzania!
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Part 9: Concert
As part of their semester final the music students at the university put on a music performance. We were very excited to be able to be at this show. There were basically three parts of the show, the first was a brass performance, the second was singing of songs from the US musical Godspell, and the third was Tanzanian singing, dancing, and ( Read more... ) -
Part 8: The Snake Farm and Stranded in Paradise.
Saturday morning we relaxed and then went to a restaurant right outside the gate of the university for lunch. It's where a lot of the students can get a quick, delicious, affordable meal. You can get pilau, I got rice and beef stew, and sometimes they have french fries. Everyone called the restaurant Delicious which I never did figure out if ( Read more... ) -
Part 7: Cultural Heritage Museum and Arumera Lodge
After hanging out with Tom and Daris friday morning, in the afternoon we decided to brave driving on the roads through Arusha and we borrowed Tom and Daris's car and headed to the Cultural Heritage Museum. I don't think I would have done it, but Mike can drive anything anywhere, and navigated the chaos with little trouble. The museum is a very ( Read more... ) -
Part 6: Makumira University and it's students + driving!
The thing that made Daris want to come here to Tanzania was the people. The students at the university are generous, caring, resourceful, and strong. Most have overcome obstacles in their lives that are unimaginable to Americans just to be there. Daris knew she wanted to go to Makumira University and teach and help these students succeed and ( Read more... ) -
Part 5: Hangin with the kids
The family we are visiting has two kids, a girl Tracy's age and a boy between Loren and Tracy's age. The director of the music department is another American who is there with his family, three kids. Tracy was friends with Daryl for a while back in our 'hood and is that is actually how we met Tom and Daris. The kids are pretty free range at the ( Read more... ) -
Part 4: Monkeys on campus
On campus instead of squirrels running everywhere, there are monkeys!! I think to locals they are basically a nuisance but I wasn't there long enough to get over the novelty of them. Monkeys are so cute! There were some mornings we'd be sleeping and we'd hear thunder-like noises and it was actually just monkeys running around on the metal roof.
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Part 3: Mt Meru Game Lodge
Wednesday we ate lunch at the Hale's and had pilau (a rice/beef dish), with delicious sides like avocado, and cucumbers. The fruits and vegetables were always fresh and delicious!
Wednesday evening Daris took us out to dinner at Mount Meru Game Lodge which is a lodge, restaurant, and animal sanctuary. We set up some tables outside right near ( Read more... ) -
Part 2: Arrive in Arusha
We arrived at Kilimanjaro International airport tuesday evening, having left Austin monday morning! Our friends sent a driver to pick us up and bring us to the university. They wanted to come themselves but had a rehearsal for the concert coming up at the end of the week. We loaded up our bags and piled in.
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