Monthly Archives: August 2013

For this trip, in order to travel Business Class, I used miles accumulated on a credit card. Somehow, in order to make it work, I got routed to Frankfurt, Germany. That meant taking South African Airways to Johannesburg, SA and … Continue reading →

We are finished with visiting projects so we are wrapping up the trip. In the morning we had a buffet breakfast at the Naf Blue View Hotel. We learned our lesson and let them know the night before when we … Continue reading →

In the morning we traveled to the village of Lindi to meet with the project manager of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF). The AKF is a partner with TPP in southern Tanzania. We listened to a presentation about how AKF … Continue reading →

Milola Village is the site of a the Tanzanian Partner Project (TPP) in southern Tanzania. It is an impoverished village that is extremely rural. That means driving over dusty dirt roads for miles to get there. As with Niatola, it … Continue reading →

The day in Dar es Salaam was just a stopover. It did allow me to get some laundry done on an “express” basis which means it cost twice as much. At least I have clean clothes going forward. [Not so] … Continue reading →

It was not a very eventful day as it was mostly a matter of getting to the Kilimanjaro airport and taking a flight on [not so] Precision Air to Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. Precision Air is … Continue reading →

For today’s entry I will keep the narrative limited so that I can show the events of the day more with pictures. For the most part I will let the pictures tell the story. Today was a very interesting working … Continue reading →

The itinerary for today was to visit the Ngorongoro Crater. I don’t understand the geology of it but it is a collapsed volcano that has left a massive plain surrounded by hills. It is now a wild animal preserve and … Continue reading →

This blog has had too much time to cool down. Now it is time to get it cooking again and serve up some delicious info on the latest travel adventure. My interest in international travel and development was noted a … Continue reading →