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• Cool Running

  Blog: No Hurry Curry - 27 October 2009

  10/3/09: Ngorongoro Reserve and Arusha, Tanzania There’s an old African proverb that says, “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. [...]

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• Snakes on a Plain!!!

  Blog: No Hurry Curry - 21 October 2009

  9/30/09: Meserani Snake Park in Arusha, Tanzania We spent most of today driving from Nairobi to Arusha, Tanzania. We’re camping tonight at the Meserani Snake Park before we get up early tomorrow morning and head to the Serengeti. Now just stop and think for a minute. We are camping outdoors at a campsite that calls itself [...]

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• “Cultural Tourism:” development darling or disaster?

  Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 3 September 2009

  August 28, 2009, Tanzania We visited an African village called Mtu Wa Mbu as part of a “cultural tourism program.”  I had read about the proliferation of such programs in Tanzania, and their alleged benefit to local communities, but I was hesitant to participate. However, I was eager to see more of rural Tanzanian life.   The whole [...]

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