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National Geographic Photo Contest: Will You Help Me Choose Which Picture to Send?
National Geographic Traveler Magazine is holding their annual photo contest. Anyone (for a fee of $15) can submit a shot[…]
Read moreI’m Searching for Someone to Come Teach in Tanzania: Know Anyone?
As many of you know, I come home to Minnesota in August–August 2nd to be exact. What many of you[…]
Read moreFlat Stanley in Tanzania
A month after I got to Africa, I received my first letter from home. It was from my seven-year-old nephew,[…]
Read moreWays Tanzanians Are Different Than Americans
A commentary I wrote last week about a controversy at a St. Paul university made it into Wednesday’s Minneapolis Star[…]
Read moreCreeping Crawling Wildlife of Tanzania
Quick. Name an animal in Tanzania. “Lion…uh…hippo…uh…rhino….elephant!” Yep, those are all here. But they’re not in this post. The stars[…]
Read moreUrban Africa 2: The City Jail
Oh we went to town last week. Taking the bus from my village, we first entered the outskirts of Ipigolo…[…]
Read moreUrban Africa: Arrival to Iringa City Center
Our stuffed bus pulls up to the Iringa city bus station. Waiting men greet our arrival, so eager to take[…]
Read moreTanzania TV
Okay, I know I said last week that I’d get back to where we left off two weeks ago–taking the[…]
Read moreZanzibar Sneak Peeks
It’s our school’s Easter break, so I did what most people do over a holiday–I went to Zanzibar. *** In[…]
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