Tanzania 2000

Route: Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Babati, Kiru, Tarangire National Park, Ngorogoro Conservation Area, and our last stop was a little town along the northern coast of Tanzania where we snorkeled in the Indian Ocean, maybe Tanga.


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These are some of the pictures from my Tanzania 2000 scrapbook.

Top left: A girl named Gracious, from the secondary school, befriended us. That's me on the left.

Top right: We spent some time talking with some folks from the local bible college in Babati.

Middle: Shopping in Arusha. I was a typical tourist and bought way too many things. I have many of the items displayed in my house and my office.













This is the secondary school. We taught some geography lessons and worked on one of their building projects. The students asked if Michael Jackson had his own village.



















Top right: This is a very common way to travel in Tanzania. It was a very bumpy ride. All travel was an adventure.























After being in Tanzania only a couple days, we trekked up to Kiru for a two night stay in a mountain village. We divided into small groups, each with a translator, and stayed with a family. The pictures below show the family we stayed with. They lived in a 3 room mud house. The building the children are standing in front of is their kitchen and barn.

These 3 days were by far the most impactful days of my whole Tanzania experience. We ate tons of Ugali, walked through corn fields, herded skinny cows, went to a town meeting in which they were discussing a $10 tax, introduced balloons to the children, slept where critters tried to nibble on our toes, brushed our teeth with twigs, and had to stay inside at night because of possible predators. My greatest culture shock moment was singing and dancing in their little church and hearing them sign praises to God in their native language. It was truly amazing!!