T(anzania) minus 2! Two more sleeps until I leave for Tanzania. I’m pretty excited, finally. Not that I didn’t want to go until now, but I was too busy with other stuff, such as the seminar on electrical engineering for translators I attended in Hildesheim this weekend. It was a lot of fun, and even […]
Still working on the next installment of the New Zealand report, but a lot of things are going on right now. For one, I’m going to leave how to dive! I’m super excited for that, especially in light of the Tanzania trip this summer. Diving in Zanzibar? Yes, please. In a fairly spontaneous move, a […]
EAST AFRICA 02—17 August, 2012
Phew. It’s been a few rough weeks, and I sure am glad to be home now. Ghana is gorgeous, if the dirtiest country I’ve ever been to, but it’s also incredibly difficult to travel through, in my limited European experience. Tanzania felt much easier, though that might just have been thanks to our group leader. […]
My current predicament consists of the choice between pizza and spaghetti bolognese for dinner. Life is hard.
(Post written on Aug 27, 11000m above the ground; TMI warning for health-related issues.) I have never felt as haggard during a flight as I do just now. The malaria prophylaxis is giving me few side effects, but of those that I do have, the constant nausea is the worst. It’s not the I’m-going-to-throw-up-right-this-very-second kind […]
So, umm. I guess I’m back home? Eleven days ago, I celebrated my birthday in Dar es Salaam. Right between a swimming pool and the Indian Ocean. And then we went to Zanzibar and I got sick and I couldn’t sleep. And six days ago, we left Zanzibar. But because I was feeling so crappy, […]
We’re in a bit of a rush right now, but we just wanted to say that we got here okay. We’re in Tanzania now, going into Ngorongoro Crater tomorrow, and then we’re off to Dar and Zanzibar in two or three days. It’s been surprisingly chilly, but today we actually had some sunshine. As in, […]
“Ok lets do this. Please be nice, airports.” That was Kate’s tweet this morning. Well, her morning, my late afternoon. She’s off to London today, where she’ll be spending a week with our darling friend Kelly while I eagerly await her arrival (and just as eagerly wish I was there with the both of them). […]
I am so excited right now that if I don’t let it out somehow, I will make myself sick. This week, darling Kate and I will finally book Africa ’12, and I’m also meeting up with a friend for health-related travel prep. I’m pretty sure I already know which vaccinations I’ll need, but it never […]