Posted in Australia, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Greece, India, Israel, Laos, Nepal, Peru, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, Travel, Turkey, United States, Vietnam on Nov 30th, 2008
Hello! Well, the blog isn’t dead, yet. After returning to Denver last summer, Jen and I returned to our previous jobs. We bought a home (something about staying in a different place every other night), now own a dining room table and patio furniture, but honestly, the most luxurious item is still our very own [...]
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Posted in Tanzania on Mar 7th, 2008
In our three week minute expertise on Tanzanian life, we have taken many endearing observations…
President Bush visited Tanzania while we were here and most people we talked to were ecstatic to try to glimpse him. Bush holds around a seventy percent approval rating here, mainly because of his recent $700 million dollar aid donation and [...]
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Posted in Tanzania on Mar 3rd, 2008
So I am waiting in line for the ferry to Zanzibar Island when this man-on-a-mission comes barreling between Mark and myself. As I am bending down to secure my bag, the man ducks under me and then stands up into my face. Crack. He looks dazed and walks away in little circles; meanwhile, my sunglasses [...]
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Posted in Tanzania on Feb 27th, 2008
Polé polé (slowly, slowly) we drive through the long grasses of the Serengeti, the engine of our jeep a low purr. Mark stands through the pop-up roof scanning the vast savanna for any slight twitch of an ear or flick of a tail. It is day four of our African safari and Mark has yet [...]
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Posted in Tanzania on Feb 23rd, 2008
We spend one jet-lagged day in Dar es Salaam before taking the local bus to Lushoto, nestled snuggly in the Usambara Mountains. We diligently study our Swahili greetings along the way and learn, much to our own chagrin and ignorance, that The Lion King’s “Hakuna Matata (no worries)” is in fact Swahili. [...]
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