At night I lay sick in my saggy bed in my dingy motel in Bukoba, wishing that buses could leave[…]
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Ferry Ride to Bukoba, My Low Point on this Trek
I told myself when I left Arusha that this trek around Lake Victoria wasn’t going to be a vacation. It[…]
Read moreMwanza: A Huge Lake, Freakishly Large Birds, and a New Friend
I awoke, did one of those looks back and forth where the eyes dart but the head stays put. New[…]
Read moreOn the (deadly) Road to Mwanza, Tanzania
“Here is it,” said the guy standing next to me at the busy Arusha bus station. Finally. It was the[…]
Read moreViews of Mt. Kilimanjaro: Goodbye to Arusha and Hello to a New Adventure
Walter Mitty was introduced to the world in 1939 by writer James Thurber. In Thurber’s short story, Mitty is a[…]
Read moreIntroducing the Maasai: Tribespeople of East Africa
One more image in my mother’s mind that troubled her when I left for Africa was that of the technologically[…]
Read moreEast Africa: A Filthy, Beautiful Place
On September 15, 2014, my two-week, three-country East Africa trek began. Though much of my previous activity in Tanzania had[…]
Read moreGoodbye, East African Village School
As a boy in northern Minnesota, we’d drive down to “the cities” on special occasions. On the way, we’d often[…]
Read moreOn the Shores of a Huge African Lake
What do you say we plan a day at the lake? Sounds nice, right? Since I was a boy, I’ve[…]
Read moreTo Tropical Tukuyu: The Bus Preacher and Other Highlights
School summer break in Minnesota is school winter break in Tanzania. But truth be told, a long break from school[…]
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