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Departing Kapiri Mposhi
Blog: Where the road goes - 16 September 2010
There are the days, The ones we will remember forever Tired eyes bear that same light Inexhaustible Tight corners at the smiles Reflected in the tears that never age The laughter and the pain of these days… The Kapiri Mposhi station stands as the whitest of elephants in the literal Zambian bush. It’s a squarest [...]
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Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – impalas, Serengeti
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 15 September 2010
Safari: impalas at the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Read the accompanying post: ‘Serengeti Magic‘. See other Velvet Moments: Quebrada de Las Conchas, Argentina Bruges canals, Belgium Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Positano, Italy The Great Ocean Road, Australia Angkor Wat, Cambodia
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Things to do in Tanzania
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 13 September 2010
We have been lucky enough to visit many countries over the past 10 years. We have been lucky enough to visit many countries over the past 10 years. Normally we talk about our destinations as we travel through them. We tell you about our journey day by day and that can be exciting to see what we are up to, but we neglect to offer a summary of what exactly there is to do in each country that we visit.Since we don't leave for China until the end of October, we thought that it would be a good time to sum up some of our favourite destinations on earth. Let's start with Tanzania
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Funny Bumper Sticker Quote from Africa – So True
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 31 August 2010
One other great thing that is both refreshing and frustrating is ‘Africa time’. You could be waiting for 4 minutes, 4 hours, or 4 days (maybe 4 weeks sometimes) for a bus to leave! But think about it – no one else in Africa is going to hurry and be stressed out, so why should you? [...]Funny Bumper Sticker Quote from Africa – So True is a post from: Funny Travel, Offbeat Travel, Weird Travel - The Travel Tart
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Trip Report of Takims Northern Discovery Tour. The Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Lake Manyara, Tanzania. June 2010.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 27 August 2010
Whilst Andy and Co were making their way back down from the Roof of Africa, I was sat on a KLM flight MAN-AMS-JRO. The plane was a bit old and dated, it was a Boeing 777-200 ER named Serengeti.
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Portfolio Teams to the Rescue!
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 20 August 2010
By Ann Hingst, KF12 Tanzania Every Kiva Fellow attends a weeklong training at Kiva Headquarters in San Francisco. The training we received is top notch. But what happens once a fellow is in the field, and all of a sudden forgets the procedure for reporting loan repayments in Kiva’s system or has trouble navigating the politics of the microfinance institution (MFI) that he or she is visiting?
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Kilimanjaro. Tanzania. June 2010. At The Top
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 19 August 2010
Its 06.45 and I have been awake ages, waiting for the wash bowl to come. We have been woken with our hot water wash bowl and ‘knock-knock’ at 07.00 each day by our dedicated porters, the guys are great and you could not do this trip with out them.
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Kilimanjaro. Tanzania. June 2010.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 19 August 2010
To try to increase the chance of you making it to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro many companies stop at Homombo to assist in the acclimatisation to the altitude. So today was our ‘Acclimatisation day’ and as such we were given a ‘lie in’, well we were told that we did not have to get up till 07.00! So following the ‘late’ breakfast we were to walk to Zebra Rocks.
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Kilimanjaro. Tanzania. June 2010. Day Two
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 16 August 2010
Every one was up early this morning. Breakfast consisted of porridge, bread & fruit. As well as sausage, omelette, tomatoes and cucumber. Writing it down it sounds a bit odd, but every meal is brilliant, especially when you consider where we are.
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Kilimanjaro. Tanzania. June 2010. Day One
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 18 July 2010
This was a really hectic morning, beginning at 06.30, with us sorting out the clothes to be left at the hotel. Then packing the remaining clothes into plastic bags to prevent them getting wet on the climb. Renting a safe deposit box at the hotel, for the passports, money ect. Buying bottles of drinking water at very inflated prices and finally tucking into a large cooked breakfast.
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Kilimanjaro. Tanzania. June 2010.Manchester to Kilimanjaro.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 18 July 2010
It was the middle of the night when I was rudely awakened by the frantic cries of ‘Get Up’. ..’The alarm has been set at the incorrect time, we need to set off NOW!’.The alarm clock was set for, and had rang at 03.00, this was a mistake, as the KLM desk check in time at Manchester Airport was 04.00 and we live more that a one hour drive from the airport. PANIC!
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Kilimanjaro. Tanzania. June 2010.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 2 July 2010
What you choose to receive as a birthday present (if you are asked!) varies from person to person. I want travel presents! A holiday just suites me fine and it seems that my preference is also wearing off on my husband. When I enquired what he wanted to celebrated his reaching his half century, I was informed that he wanted to see the ice cap on Mount Kilimanjaro before it melted. According to Professor Lonnie Thompson, Ohio State University, Kilimanjaro’s ice fields could be gone by the year 2020.
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Sugar Daddy Syndrome
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 4 June 2010
Yesterday I spent about 12 hours on hot, crowded and bumpy buses in Dar Es Salaam. At least half of that time was spent idling in traffic jams, an inevitable experience whenever one travels to the far-flung corners of this sprawling city. I was trying to reach a couple of Tujijenge Tanzania clients and interview them as part of Kiva’s borrower verification process. I found one of the two clients I was hoping to meet, so the day was partially successful.
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Safari in Tanzania
Blog: Away We Go! - 2 June 2010
I’ll be honest, if we hadn’t made plans with our friend Kim from NYC to rendezvous for safari in Tanzania, I’m not sure we would have made it to Tanzania at all. After four long months of travel through the developing world, with not-always-clean hotel rooms, constantly muddy or dusty feet, and a daily mission to avoid food poisoning, we were growing weary and ready for some rest. If not for Kim, we would probably have thrown in the towel and spent the rest of our time eating olives and drinking wine in Europe. But I’m so glad we st
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Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Zanzibar, Tanzania
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 2 June 2010
The beaches of Zanzibar, Tanzania Read the accompanying post: The Exotic Isle of Zanzibar See other Velvet moments: Lago Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile Pompeii, Italy Bora Bora, French Polynesia Serengeti, Tanzania Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Masaai Mara, Kenya Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina Valle de la Luna, Chile Positano, Italy Buenos Aires, Argentina Seminyak, Indonesia [...]
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Zanzibar, Tanzania
Blog: Away We Go! - 2 June 2010
We landed in Dar Es Salaam and then took the smallest commercial plane ever (an eight-seater with a single propeller) for the 20-minute hop across the Indian Ocean to the Island of Zanzibar.
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I traveled through Africa…
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 10 May 2010
…and all I got was this lousy tropical disease. I knew I was sick when I came home, but I was hesitant to go to a doctor—I was back in the land of expensive health bills and rampant insurance costs. … Continue reading →I traveled through Africa… is a post from: Nilikuta Shani
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Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Serengeti
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 5 May 2010
Serengeti, Tanzania. Read the accompanying post: ‘Serengeti Magic‘. See other Velvet moments: Bora Bora, French Polynesia Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Masaai Mara, Kenya Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina Valle de la Luna, Chile Positano, Italy Buenos Aires, Argentina Seminyak, Indonesia Lang Tengah island, Malaysia Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina The Great Ocean Road, Australia Angkor Wat, Cambodia Laguna Chaxa, Chile
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The Island Paradise of Zanzibar: Snapshot Sunday
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 25 April 2010
Half way through cycling the continent of Africa, we had an unscheduled 2 week break because of unrest in Kenya. During those 2 weeks we climbed Kilimanjaro but also enjoyed some R&R on the lovely island of Zanzibar.
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Our Favourite Treks of the World; A Photo Story
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 16 April 2010
Through our many travels around the globe we have had the privilege of participating in some amazing treks. From the Highest Peak in South East Asia, Mt. Kinabalu, to the grueling high altitude trek up to Mt. Everest Base camp.
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Dave and Deb’s Surreal Moments Deserts Around the World
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 27 March 2010
We have done a post before on surreal travel experiences but nothing has compared to our time in India. India itself is a little surreal and we have experienced some of the weirdest moments in our travels. Not surprisingly, many of those moments happened in the desert.
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Daily Life in Ng’iresi Village, Tanzania
Blog: GoBackpacking - 22 March 2010
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Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro
Blog: GoBackpacking - 15 March 2010
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Zanzibar V/ The Zanzibar Serena Inn
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 22 February 2010
When sailing into the Stone Town harbor from Dar es Salaam, the first sight visitors see of the UNESCO World Heritage site is the waterfront. One building along the water, that stands out as a modern yet refreshingly quaint gem resplendent among Stone Town‘s other upscale hotels, is the Zanzibar Serena Inn, a luxurious retreat [...]
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Photo of the Week – Zanzibar
Blog: Ottsworld - 19 February 2010
African Sushi – Zanzibar I love markets, they never disappoint. This man in the Stonetown Market looked like had been carving up fish for hours. A few minutes earlier I saw a man drag in a huge hammer-head shark – amazing. Read the entire Zanzibar market story on my post from 2006. View all of my Tanzania [...]
