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Been around a bit this year

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The dhows sailing, from dawn ‘til dusk, in the bay within the coastline. When the sun is setting just as this evening, yellow and blue are melting in an astonishing layer of alternative shades, from the dark of the wall ahead, to the yellow of the sand behind it, the blue of the glittering waters darkening slowly, then again the golden waves bordering the sky, and the dark blue of the horizon line again, a yellow layer of sky spreading lighter and lighter ‘til the other side on the West, …

Discovering Eastern Africa through Tanzania. A bit of everything in this trip: city, beach, mountain, wildlife.

Tuesday morning we woke early for our 3 hour van ride out to the Rufiji district of Dar Es Salaam. Teddy, from CAMFED, was escorting us out to a secondary school where CAMFED funds a group of no income girls (tuition is government paid, but uniforms and books to go to school can be costly).  This group of girls is similar to the one that Spark recently funded through CAMFED in Mozambique, so we are excited that, despite the 3 hour ride, we will be spending the day at the school with this…

Tazara Express is cool and Student Identity is the coolest. With 50% discount for student, i enjoyed the train ride for 52 hours. The railway and the trains were built by Chinese dated back to the 60s. Riding on a chinese train for a non-chinese route is special.The kids at those villages we passed were craving for everything...bottle..pen...book.. and money of course. "Give me my pen" and "Give me my money" were the strangest thing i have heard from them.

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