We left Arusha for a three day/two night safari with "Dr. Livingstone" (they never tell us their real names!) in the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater National Park. We traveled through the mountains, up the red clay roads, watching baboons through the entire ride. At our lunch...

Editors note: Russel P. Participated in the HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Program January 2008. Thanks for the post Russel!

It is Sunday morning March 9th and I have some free time. I am supposed to be on my way to the airport but my travel agent emailed me and said my plans had changed. my...

Volunteer Abroad in Tanzania: Volunteering Opportunities

Volunteering Abroad in Tanzania: is the largest of the East Africa countries (i.e. Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania) and offers spectacular landscape from the coastal plains to the east; the inland saucer-shaped plateau; and the highlands and the...

Catching a daladala (minibus) south from war torn Burundi in a bus that looked like something out of the 18th century, lol, packed to the brim with locals laughing, joking, talking, directions being yelled with more people being packed on with bags, bikes, and huge bags of veggies being...

Clinging to the side of mighty Mt. Kilimanjaro's fertile southern slope, a people group thrives on
practices of living that have survived millennia.

Their simple homes, easily entertained children, kind smiles, and sweat-inducing
field labor -- not to mention their almost complete lack of...

1. Zebra

we saw it there the day before, under a tree, seemingly dead of natural causes. a zebra carcass, lying on its side untouched.

the next morning it does not remain untouched. it has friends. lots of them. vulture friends. something has eaten away it's rump during the dark and the...

it's a long flight. the second flight is a long flight. they are long flights. when we disembark in Dar es Salaam, i feel like i've been thrown from a train. i'm still rolling, unsure if i'm hurt or not. waiting for the motion to stop so i can check myself. we are shepherded through immigration --...

just wanted to share some pics with you from my recent trip to Tanzania- helping get a very amazing orphanage on their feet and looking towards the long term of thier future. Its just the beginning- but what an amazing experience. all i can say is that i have never seen so much joy, and so much faith...