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    • Afrika 2024
      5
      Day 119–120

      Erste Reparatur 😁

      March 23, 2024 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      Den Vormittag haben wir mit der Reparatur des Stoßdämpfers verbracht. Gewinde unten abgerissen. Zum Glück ist unser Gastgeber in Sitalike im Hauptberuf Automechaniker. Er baut den Stoßdämpfer rasch aus, findet im Dorf einen Ersatzbolzen und weiß einen Schweißer, der die beiden Teile zusammenfügt.

      Dann über Stock und Stein und Morast auf der Suche nach einem Stellplatz. Die alte Schottergrube ist nur dritte Wahl für diese Nacht. Aber in der Regenzeit darf man nicht wählerisch sein.      Read more

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    • TravelerRenault Roaming
      Day 454

      Speaking in tongues?

      January 24, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Here is the rotund Brother Gasper Toke, who, surprisingly in view of his name, does not carry a nominal Government Health Warning, (Surgeon General advises ...) He is hosting me in his camp at Kipili.

      The first thing he wanted me to do was to drive with him down to one of the local towns, Namanyere, where his buddy the parish priest was organising a workshop for young parishioners. I was to tell them about my travels and experiences, no doubt as an antidote to a day of earnest solemnising. So I told them to stop believing in Father Xmas and that people would help them if they helped themselves.

      Then Toke, as he is known by the multitudes, translated into Kiswahili. He spoke for 3 times as long as I had and managed to get them laughing and joining in every 3 minutes. I still have no real idea what he wanted me to say; or if he translated what he wanted me to say rather than what I did say; or even what the whole workshop was about. But they seemed to have fun.      Read more

    • Michi, derRainy season, the juicy season
      Day 41–42

      Flat and wild

      December 16, 2023 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      Strange region here between Mpanda and Tabora. Perfect new tar road but barely any traffic. Nearly all of the 360 km lead through wild and untouched forest, except for a few settlement clearings.

      On a wide and open earth pit I find my peace next to a rotten tree which still burns surprisingly well. The red soil is interesting. It consists of porous chunks of tiny pebble-like volcanic stones with a huge amount of iron. When zooming out, I find myself surrounded by bigger chunks of round, grassy elephant dung 🤔. Shortly after nightfall, while enjoying this morning's baked bread, now smoke-toasted in the fire with salted butter, I hear very familiar "who-oop" calls coming from the distant forest edge. So, which scavengers might be announcing their night visit here 😁?
      🫣      Read more

    • TravelerRenault Roaming
      Day 455

      Typical Insectgram post

      January 25, 2020 in Tanzania ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

      Ah! Protein!

      If I understood correctly this is called kumbi-kumbi.

      Imagine cooking a bean in its skin; and then sloughing off the skin and drying it a little. That is what it tasted like. Nothing much at all.Read more

    • TravelerFSJ Tansania
      Day 62

      FAQ?

      November 2, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Heute vor 2 Monaten sind wir losgeflogen und seit diesem Flug führe ich auch diesen Block.
      Mit dem heutigen Block will ich mich zu erst einmal bei Jannic Matros bedanken der seit Beginn meines Blogs immer wieder aktiv kommentiert und mich unterstützt.
      Der Dank gilt auch allen anderen die hier in der Kommentarsektion aktiv sind oder meine Blogs lesen und einfach still teilhaben.

      Bevor ich beginne noch eine kurze Ankündigung:
      Nächsten Freitag(wird der 9.11 sein) wird es keinen Blog geben da ich dort anderweitig eingebunden sein werde. Ich bitte hier vielmals um Verständnis

      Unterschiede in der Musik:
      In Tansania wird viel Bongo Flava gehört hierbei handelt es sich um eine Version des Afrikan Raps.
      Ich kenne mich mit der Rap Szene in Deutschland nicht so aus aber für meine Ohren klingt der Rap hier wesentlich weicher.
      Mitfreiwillige von mir die ich dazu befragte sagen dass die Musik allgemein rhythmischer,fröhlicher und trommellastiger sei.

      In der Freizeit(Region Mwika sehr landwirtschaftlich geprägt): Spielen die Leute Fußball,Mühle oder setzten sich zu dem ein oder anderen Bier hin.
      Es gibt aber auch viele Leute die sich im Kirchenchor engagieren oder anderweitige ähnliche Tätigkeiten ausführen. Unsere Gastmutter ist zum Beispiel in einem Frauen-Kochklub
      (Moshi):hier in einer Stadt wird das oben genannte genauso ausgeführt nur gibt es auch Sportclubs und man trinkt sein Bier nicht in einem Holzverschlag sondern einer Bar.

      Verhaltensweisen:
      Da die Chagga stark durch die Preußen geprägt wurden sind die Umgangsformen ähnlich wie in Deutschland.
      Nur gibt man sich hier wenn die Hand dreckig ist den Unterarm.

      FSJ bisher:
      Bisher,habe ich ja kaum Arbeit im FSJ Sinne gehabt.(Ich habe heute angefangen in der Samaritan also der Behinderteneinrichtung zu arbeiten)
      Aber davon abgesehen sind die 2 Monate hier super verlaufen und ich habe keinen wirklichen Grund sich zu beschweren.
      Die Leute sind super,das Land ist unglaublich schön und meine Mitfreiwilligen echt nett.

      Verbesserungen:
      2 Sachen würde ich immoment auf Seiten des JRKs als Verbesserungswürdig ansehen.
      1:die Kommunikation mit dem JRK ist gelinde gesagt echt übel.
      Unsere Ansprechpartnerin in Deutschland war erstmal im Urlaub und hat nach ihrer Rückkehr 3 Tage gebraucht um auf unsere dringenden Fragen zu Antworten.
      Das aber dann immerhin per Telefonat
      2:auch irgendwo im Bereich der Kommunikation,die Sache mit den Visa, es gab eine riesen Verwirrung und am Ende hatten wir Glück dass gerade die Leute vom Rafiki E.V. den richtigen Weg auswählten.

      Zu den Bildern:
      1:der Hof der Samaritan
      2:die Kindergarten Kinder mit Julia
      3:Kinder der Samaritan kurz vor einem Wettrennen
      4:nächste Woche fangen wichtige Überprüfungen an dieß ist der Zeitplan für Form 2      Read more

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    • TravelerPart B - Africa
      Day 8

      Happy Birthday to me

      August 5, 2017 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Most of us will remember the milestone Birthdays, I still can recall what I did for my 18th, 21st, 25th, 30th and 40th Birthdays in great detail. But of course the ones in between are harder to seperate. This year for me though, will be as memorable as any of those major milestones.
      It was the year I found myself in a remote village on the foothills of Mt Kilimanjaro with 24 people from all corners of the globe. We have come together with a common love of nature and and acceptance of the simplicity of life here.

      We are sleeping in tents with thin mattresses, there is very little connection with the outside world via the internet and our transport that we spend up to 10 hours a day driving in is not exactly comfortable. Yet, the human spirit is still so evident. We get excited to find a hot shower, toilet with toilet paper, hand wash is a pure gift and a cold beer is enough to make the grown men, and a few women, cry (refrigeration here is a cooler box, no ice).

      So last night at our camp with all of the above, I was treated to a Masai song delivery of my cake. On the cake it was written, "Happy Birthday Raelene Dyer" in pink icing and the cake was made from stone ground flour, probably maize. They grow the corn, take it to another part of the village for grinding, light the fire, and somehow a cake to feed 24 people with pink icing pops out the end.

      The traditional Happy Birthday song was sung by the group with the mandatory speech required at the end. We toasted family. This is my Intrepid family and they have been such a blessing. I also toasted my family (and that includes friends) back home. Before the cake was served there was one last song.

      Happy Birthday Kenyan style (sung by our leader Patrick (Pato). It's goes like this ... [insert deep masculine African accent]....

      Happy Birthday to you
      I went to the zoo
      I saw a black monkey
      And I thought it was you.

      Nailed it Pato, just nailed it.      Read more

    • WegTydskrifKom ons ry Kongo toe
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      1
      Day 67

      Safari-ontbyt

      November 16, 2016 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      Standaard-ontbyt in Tanzanië: omelet, witbrood, Azam-vrugtesap en Africafé-koffie. Africafé is dalk die lekkerste kitskoffie wat jy ooit sal proe. Azam is 'n groot Tanzaniese maatskappy wat als van roomys tot brood maak. Tanzaniese tee is ook prima.Read more

    • WegTydskrifKom ons ry Kongo toe
      Day 67

      Katavi- nasionale park, Tanzanië

      November 16, 2016 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Seekoeie is Katavi se nr. 1-attraksie, veral nou in Novembermaand net voor die reëns ordentlik kom, wanneer honderde seekoeie meeding om elke laaste lappie koel modderlafenis. Die poel by Ikuu is tjokkeblok. En ons kamp vanaand skaars 150 m van die poel, wat beteken dat hulle na donker oral om ons gaan wei. Ons sien ook olifante, 6 leeus, krokodille groter as karre, waterbok, rietbok, topi - dit wemel hier.Read more

    • Afrika 2024
      Day 118–119

      Sitalike

      March 22, 2024 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      Direkt am Fluss, der Grenze zum Katavi Nationalpark. Hippos und Bushbuck schauen zum Sundowner vorbei. Das Abendessen bleibt vegetarisch: Gemüse-Tajine mit Couscous.

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    • Traveler7 days umbwe route
      Day 60

      Umbwe route 6 Days

      April 10, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Day 1: From hotel to Umbwe cave campsite.
      Elevation: 1200m to 1700m to 2850m.
      Distance: 10 km.
      Hiking time: 4-5 hours.
      Habitat: Montana forest.
      Pick up with our vehicle from the hotel, drive to Umbwe gate. Here after completing the gate registration procedures, the trek starts through the rainforest to Umbwe cave campsite where you will find all tents already setup then stop for dinner and overnight. Today you will walk across ridges and valleys into a really thick forest.
      Day 2: Umbwe cave campsite to Barranco hut campsite.
      Elevation: 2850m to 3950m
      Distance: 9 km
      Hiking time: 4-5 hours
      Habitat: Montana forest and heather
      This day after breakfast you will trek through the remaining forest to the moorland and heath zone and you will be enjoying some wonderful views of Barranco valleys and ice cap on top of the mountain. Then you will arrive to barranco camp for dinner and overnight.

      Day 3: Barranco campsite to Karanga campsite
      Elevation: 3950m to 3900m
      Distance: 6 km
      Hiking time: 4-5 hours
      Habitat: Moorland
      Today you will be having a short day walk and in the late morning you will start climbing Barranco wall and reach 4200m for acclimatization and continue crossing ridges and valleys to Karanga campsite for hot lunch. After lunch you will have a short rest and get another acclimatization of trekking up the screed slopes towards the Southern ice field then you will return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

      Day 4: Karanga campsite to Barafu campsite
      Elevation: 3900m to 4620m
      Distance: 5 km.
      Hiking time: 3-4 hours
      Habitat: Alpine Desert
      Today trek up to the Barafu ridge campsite is tough because of altitude. The walking hours is few because is steep so it need slowly walk so to avoid fatigue as well as high altitude sickness. You will walk across alpine desert with strong cold wind blowing because there are no trees around as well as getting closer to the Kibo glaciers. You will have lunch and early dinner of around 1700hrs then rest until midnight when you commence you push for the summit.
      Day 5: Barafu hut campsite to Uhuru peak to Mweka hut campsite
      Elevation: 4620m to 5895m to 3100m
      Distance: 15km
      Hiking time: 10 – 12 hours
      Habitat: Desert and ice
      The day starts around midnight with a light breakfast, and then last preparations for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Leave to the peak at 12:00am, switchback up steep screed or possibly snow, and reach Stella Point on the crater rim at 5,861m between 4 and 5am.
      At this point, you will have views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you and all spectacular all area surrounding you. Then after 1 hour of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro true summit, Uhuru Peak. Here you will spend some time for taking photos. After your summit activities done, descend back to the Barafu Huts campsite, have lunch, rest, collect your equipment, and continue your walk down through moorland and heath zone to Mweka Huts campsite, then dinner and overnight at Mweka hut campsite.

      Day 6: Mweka hut campsite to Mweka gate
      Elevation: 3100m to 1700m
      Distance: 9km
      Descending time: 3-4 hours
      Habitat: Montana forest
      After breakfast, today is your last day on the mountain so you will descend down to Mweka park gate walking across Montana forest this descent will take 3-4 hours. Then here at the gate you will do sign out and get ready to board the vehicle ready for the transfer back to the hotel in Moshi for certificate presentation and a well deserved celebration.
      For more information visit www.ngaizaadventures.com      Read more

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    Mlele, Mlele District Council

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