tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13384238928226050322024-03-05T23:38:52.289-08:00From Alaska to Africa..This is my journey from working in Alaska to living in Africa. I don't claim to be wise, intellectual or great at writing, I just hope that I can entertain you with my stories and pictures as I learn how to live in the United Republic of Tanazina.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09681122583235633829noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338423892822605032.post-71138245837243782132012-09-22T12:52:00.001-07:002012-09-22T14:20:24.190-07:00The Final Goodbye. <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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My friends…it has taken me ALL summer to post this, but I am
home from my adventure in Alaska and have time to breathe. When I got home from
Africa I hit the ground running. I had two weeks to unpack from Africa, and
repack for Alaska (talk about extreme temperature and clothing change!) and
visit all the friends and family I could before I was off for another 5 months
of work in Alaska. But I am back now from that craziness and I am finally had the time to write and summarize how Africa really impacted and changed my life. </div>
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When I first arrived, I didn’t think I was going to make it. Everything was different…and
I mean everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, I saw this as a
challenge to get out of my comfort zone and experience something new. And
experience new things I did! I experienced things anywhere from showering while
on a train across Tanzania, to changing a screaming child’s diaper WHILE the
other child is screaming from the bathroom to come wipe her bottom. (TMI I
know….but I had to share the extremes with you!) These kinds of lessons brought
me to be a better, patient, and grateful person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t know really what to expect in moving
to a Africa, I was just ready for it all. I am really glad that I came over
with that attitude because when things happened or went wrong, or etc…I was
like.. “Ok, this is how it is, go with the flow”. I think if I had come with
any sort of expectation, I would have gone nuts! </div>
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Not only did living in a third world African country challenge me, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but living with a family and their kids was a
lesson I was not ready for in the least. I have lived with parts of my family
before, but never in this close proximity. I mean we ate, slept, and breathed
together all day everyday, and on top of this, there were 2 small children
under the age of 3, so you know it got cray cray at times! But it was not the
living so close part that got me, but the learning who these people are that
got me. I have never lived in the same town as my cousin, and the only place I
really saw her was at family reunions…so needless to say we did not really know
each other that well. As I lived in her home and helped with her kids, I really
got to know her and come to love her in a way that I couldn’t have with out
moving over there. I have looked up to Betsy since I was a little
kid. She was always the cool, fun, fashionable cousin. I remember thinking, man
if only I could be as pretty as Betsy, or as cool as Betsy etc etc…I wanted to
BE her. So when I had the chance to live with her and spend some quality time
with her and her husband and kids, I was ecstatic. I was so excited to be able
to hang out with her! But the thing is, I didn’t really know her, and she
didn’t really know me, so the adjustment period for us living took a little
longer than expected. Betsy and I are very different people. We have very different personality’s as well as ways of thinking and communicating. I figured this out as we lived together for 4 months, but boy once we found our groove and figured out how each
other worked and thought, we became the best of friends. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love Betsy dearly and getting to know her
has been such a amazing thing. I truly believe we became more than just family,
but we became good friends. I find myself wanting to call her and tell her
things, or get advice, or say a inside joke to her that we had while I was in
Africa, its like she became one of my best girls! We are so different in many
ways, but I love that about our friendship. I still look up to her in the same
way I did as a child, but I feel blessed that we had the opportunity to become
more than just family, but friends.</div>
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time with Ellis and I am so thankful I did. We became just two peas in a pod.
She has the most amazing personality and is sharp as a tack! It scares me how
smart this child is! We bonded and we fought, laughed and played. It was so
hard to say goodbye to that sweet little thing. I cried when she didn’t want me
to leave! How could you not!?? </div>
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And then there was Hank he has to be the most
chill, easy and calm baby I have ever seen!! Im guessing his sister got all the
energy in the family, but this kid was great! He will most likely not remember
me, or my time there, but I will never forget. He is going to be such a heart
breaker like his daddy. I cant wait to see what kind of amazing man he will
turn out to be! If he is anything like his father, I know he will make it in
the world and will go far! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRWJwAlIk4M5JN2LTr1Wp40Ts1D3LThozNJZmsKaTW7B0p3DnyouFwFQ-7lzhDySo2WmN6i8gXVSdLVE-i2OaG3M7DnvSb0If3JONlU0mTHtwNNdpKFo16M1zQvxOQa6KWvfUXU2A81s/s1600/Photo+on+2012-01-12+at+01.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRWJwAlIk4M5JN2LTr1Wp40Ts1D3LThozNJZmsKaTW7B0p3DnyouFwFQ-7lzhDySo2WmN6i8gXVSdLVE-i2OaG3M7DnvSb0If3JONlU0mTHtwNNdpKFo16M1zQvxOQa6KWvfUXU2A81s/s320/Photo+on+2012-01-12+at+01.23.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslflNoqEaBXDm0xJiz-WfqOXaAJ1co29FKQiqYz4iw0gHaPNXCZRTkqn0T8qPL6ftxCTC38RIo3a7v03oR5CtDgXrAq1PhoAkATYUKaf4BmEsHEF5ZuJMsg4BXuzD_-p57tIoL0l0OGQ/s1600/IMG_0094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslflNoqEaBXDm0xJiz-WfqOXaAJ1co29FKQiqYz4iw0gHaPNXCZRTkqn0T8qPL6ftxCTC38RIo3a7v03oR5CtDgXrAq1PhoAkATYUKaf4BmEsHEF5ZuJMsg4BXuzD_-p57tIoL0l0OGQ/s320/IMG_0094.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></div>
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dog..and the coolest dog I have ever seen. I just love that dog!! He was my
buddy. He followed me around everywhere I went and would lick me like crazy! I
think it was because he truly loved me, or it may have been the fact I dropped
crumbs a lot and threw the ball with him. One will never know ;)<o:p></o:p></div>
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When I had to say my final goodbye, I balled my eyes out when
I left the house and then again sitting at the airport, and then again when I
was flying away. I was so overwhelmed with what I had learned about myself, Betsy,
kids, living in a third world country that I could not contain my emotions. I
hardly ever cry when I leave places, but this was such a incredible time for
me, that the water works would just not shut off. To this day I will still go
back to that moment when I was taking off in the plane and I couldn’t stop
crying…all the good, bad, ugly, fun, sad, memories were overflowing in my tears.
This was the hardest place I have ever had to leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still get teary eyed because of what a
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I owe these amazing experiences to Betsy and Joe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank yall for everything you did for me, and
even for the things and lessons you had no idea you did and taught me. I
learned so much from you two, and I will never ever forget my time with yall. Yall
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<br />HAPPY EASTER!! Well ok, its a few weeks late, but it still counts. My Aunt Sylvia and Uncle David came to Africa for a visit! It was so nice to spend some quality time with them <span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>J</span></span> Its their daughter that I am living with so it was neat to for them to come over and spend Easter with their grand kids all the way in Africa. (Now if you are confused of this family situation, so was my 3 year old cousin…I am living with my moms, brothers daughter, who is my first cousin, her daughter is Ellis and is my second cousin which makes my Uncle David, Ellis granddaddy. Make since?? It’s ok if not.) ANYWAYS…we got spend Easter together! We went to church came home and had Easter lunch, and then had an Easter egg hunt. It was so much fun, Here are some pictures of the afternoon. </div>
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My last week in Africa I went on a Safari to Lake Manrya, the Serengeti, and
the Ngorogoro Crater. It was WONDRFUL! It was just my Aunt and Uncle and myself
who went on the Safari, we left the kids and parents at home for the week. It
was probably for the best too because it would have been ruff for a 3 year old,
shoot it was rough on a 25 year old!! It was a ton of driving, on horrible
roads and a lot of sitting. It was quite enjoyable, but after about 3 day I was
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The thing to do when you go on a Safari in Africa is to stay in a tented camp.
In my mind I was thinking Ok, tented camp…like what I slept in for Kilimanjaro,
or what you would sleep in when you go camping right? Wrong. This is the
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The second day we drove about 6 hours to the Serengeti. Along the way to there
we passed through the Ngorogoro Conservation Park. This is the where a lot of
the Masai people live. They are the only people allowed to live in this area
and still hunt in this area. They are a fascinating people and culture. They
really don’t like you do take their picture, so this is one that I got as we
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These next few pictures are from the trip in to the Serengeti. It was just so
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While we were in the Serengeti we had the chance to see something that very few people get to see with their own eyes. If you have seen the Lion King, then you know what this is, but it was INCREDIBLE to see and hear right in front of me. It was the Wildebeest Migration. This only happens twice a year, and over 50,000 wildebeests migrate from Tanzania to Kenya. It is amazing.<br />
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The Serengeti, its what everyone thinks of when you think of
a African safari, and I am here to tell you that it is exactly what you have
dreamed of. It is incredible!! But I am also here to tell you that it is not
the end all be all place to go for a safari. There is another place that I
think it 10 times better than the Serengeti, but it is not as famous, it’s like
Africa’s hidden gem. It is not really hidden, but people in America do not
really hear about it as much, it is the Ngorogoro Crater. It is a volcano that
collapsed on itself 100s of years ago and created this large crater. Since then
animals have became inhabitants of this crater and they have never left.
Granted, they can’t really leave because they can’t get out, but why would they
want to, they have everything they need in this MASSIVE crater! The pictures of
this thing do not do it justice. So, if you ever decided to go to Africa and do
a safari, yes go to the Serengeti because it’s the Serengeti, but make sure you
include the Ngorogoro Crater! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hippos! One of the most dangerous animals in the wild.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px;">Over all the Safari was incredible. I am so glad
that I did it. I could not leave Africa with out going on one! I would have to
say that my African experience has been one of the most incredible things I
have ever done. I still cant believe I have gotten to do some of the things
that I have done. People tell me that they are jealous of my life, and my
response to them is, I am jealous of my own life! I cant believe that I get to
do this! I am very blessed. </span></div>
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I only have a two more blogs left because I leaving Africa. It is a very
bittersweet ending. <br />
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Until Then, Siku Njema.</span><!--EndFragment-->
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09681122583235633829noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338423892822605032.post-15304414269355033742012-04-05T11:55:00.000-07:002012-04-06T13:18:42.750-07:00Zambia and Victoria Falls (Cheetah Bait)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHJx6gkxF25Xmm6zg_1i2_eSaGnPpAZqbm7XzQ3fMK_QuDjto71gSdHZoEtdiz08epFcRvs82xL97ltaYSYFlnV0h2WQSBVLqh7572rSXEXl2OX_ESZQHI2mfvpEgYS7pSadRX8HnlpM/s1600/IMG_4420.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><br />
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I had the pleasure of taking a train across all of Tanzania and into Zambia
with a lovely couple that I met while being over here. This is the tale of our
adventures…get ready for a wild ride.<br />
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The train was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">supposed </i>to leave on
Friday afternoon at 2pm…that did not happen. We showed up at the train depot to
be told that our train was still in Zambia and should be in Dar by the
following day at 3pm and we will leave at 10pm So we go back home
and try again. The next day we get there at 9pm to be ready to leave at 10pm, the
train is there, but it is not leaving now until 3am!!! Why, I have no idea..its Africa. We were in “first class”
so we got to go in the “VIP” waiting area…I put that in quotes because please
take a look at the lounge..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAdN3fz8W0Xju3ekVAXTqWiLJFijfUtkgZzCFWDfoArAqcMEOxRmSERfrRQhIAnl_ngP5YdA_k3eRt7HaXBpZvIWMsv-RmBGk8ECiOGopGFm_Hqh1vCDeiTMjzXXxPV14roDV7UMlofY/s1600/IMG_4075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAdN3fz8W0Xju3ekVAXTqWiLJFijfUtkgZzCFWDfoArAqcMEOxRmSERfrRQhIAnl_ngP5YdA_k3eRt7HaXBpZvIWMsv-RmBGk8ECiOGopGFm_Hqh1vCDeiTMjzXXxPV14roDV7UMlofY/s320/IMG_4075.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a><br />
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This does not have air-conditioning, and it is nasty hot night in Dar…with in
hours my entire body was soaking wet including my hair from sweat (nasty I
know…but get over it, I live in Africa). By 3am, we are heading to our “first
class” cabin on the train. Again…just look at the picture…it explains it all.</div>
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Its now close to 4am, but we load the train and set off on our long journey. Sleep was not that common on these trains. I woke up about every hour due to stops we made along the way
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But all in all, it was a delightful trip. We went through
part of a Game park and saw animals, we rode the entire length of Tanzania, and
Zambia is beautiful! The food was not bad on the train, and it was
pretty cheap too! We had our fill of Chicken and rice…that’s all there was to
eat. Good thing my favorite food is rice!! </div>
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By day three on this train ride I was SO ready to get off, but our travels did
not stop with this train ride…oh no, it continued on for two more days on
African public transit. And I can honestly say, I don’t ever want to do it
again! (see below the "first class" toilets and the hallway..you dont even want to see the shower...which yes..I did shower on the train. It was, well...interesting! ha.</div>
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We had a “3” hour bus ride to Lusaka, that turned into a 6 hour bus ride…they
do not have a storage compartment on these buses so we had to hold all of our
luggage in our laps the entire way….I’m surprised no one got blood clots from
ridding like this for 6 hours!</div>
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were finally to our destination, Victoria Falls!! It had only taken us 5 days to
get there, no biggie ;)</div>
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Victoria Falls is one of the 7 wonders of the world, and I can
see why!! Since it is raining season right now, the falls were in full swing.
The amount of water that came from the mist of the falls was incredible. I dont have any pictures of us soaking wet standing in the mist, so take my word for it..it was pretty cool. </div>
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It was such an amazing sight and feeling to be standing at something so massive
and awe-inspiring. It made me appreciate the greatness of Gods beautiful handy
work. God is SO good!</div>
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The one thing I was told to do while being at Victoria Falls was to take a Micro
flight. This “flight” is basically a hang glider with an engine on the back of
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After getting over my slight fear of heights...I was able to enjoy the Falls in all of their glory. This flight quickly became the MOST incredible
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One of the days I was in Zambia, me and my friend took a day
safari to Botswana! This was my first safari and I loved it!! We say elephants,
lions, giraffes, hippos, buffalo, monkeys, crocodiles and impala! It was a pretty
successful day I would say..plus I got to make another country off my list <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><br />
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The last day we were there we decided to do the cheetah and lion encounter at
the local conservatory. We actually got to walk with the lions, pet them, as
well as the cheetahs! I’m not kidding when I say…it was AMAZING!! I mean how
cool to be able to say that I walked with lions and cheetahs! These animals
were massive; I could not believe their size. It made you have mad respect for
them because at any moment they could rip your face off. I would say I had a healthy
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While having this healthy fear, I still would get down with them, pet them and
interact with them…. but my fears soon came true. As I was sitting next two
three cheetahs (I had been with them for a good solid hour by this point btw)
and everything as going great…but then in a split second the cheetah whipped
his head around and bit my face!! YES PEOPLE…..I WAS BIT IN THE FACE BY A
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It scared the ever-loving crap out of me and it hurt like the devil! He hit me
with such force that knocked me over, and I immediately thought “oh crap my
face is gone”. I held my hand over my face and started to cry. It felt like
someone had punched me right in the face…well, a cheetah did..with his face! The
first thing the handlers said to me was “no worries mam, they have had their
shots”, haha I just found this funny, its like oh, this happens often or
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Well, I have you know, that my face was not ripped open or off, but there was a
clear tooth mark and swelling. If the cheetah wanted to kill me, it
could have…we think that he was just trying to play with me, it must have
thought I was fun…he has a good judge of character ;) All in all,
everything was fine…and now I have the coolest story ever…I got bit in the face
by a cheetah…and lived. BOOM! I have been given a new nickname by my traveling
companions…Cheetah Bait. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This trip was fantastic. I am really happy I went and I met incredible people along the way. Zambia and Botswana were
beautiful, all of the food was fantastic, the locals were delightful. Not the mention the accommodations
were awesome! I can honestly say that was a trip of a lifetime! (besides the
African public transit..that I will not do again)<br />
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Enjoy some more pictures from the adventure! <br />
Siku Njemia (have a good day)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These awesome people are traveling the World for a year!! Such a fun couple :) Check out their website at www.peanutbutternomads.com</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wonderful people who let me travel with them for 10 days!! Such a fun couple and its crazy how many connections we have! Love yall ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had to do laundry by hand. Man I love washing machines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love rainbows...they are a God's reminder of His promise.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the place where we stayed in Zambia! It was a backpackers place called Jollyboys!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup...this is the ONLY fast food place I have seen in Africa...they don't even have a McDonalds, tragic..I know.</td></tr>
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog...I appreciate it very much! I hope that I have entertained you and inspired you to travel and live life with no regrets. I know I have ;)<br />
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Have a wonderful weekend!!<br />
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~emily~<br />
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09681122583235633829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338423892822605032.post-62312386284468780582012-03-06T10:54:00.000-08:002012-03-06T10:54:50.416-08:00Climb and Punishment<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Well, its finally here, Hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro!!! I am
writing this portion the day before I am leaving. Everything is packed, and I
hope I don’t leave anything! It took about 45min to an hour to pack everything
in my pack, double check I have it all, and then STUFF it in the duffle and
pray its 30 pounds! I am so excited to leave its not even funny! I’m pretty
sure I have had this feeling for, oh, about 4 weeks now so for this to be
actually be happening is unreal!!<br />
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So, in my preparation for the mountain, besides packing, I am to start taking Diamox,
which is a drug that helps your acclimate, and help with altitude sickness.
This is very important because if you get sick, you can’t hike to the top, you
will die due to lack of oxygen. So, I took mine the day before I left like the
doctor said to..and through out the day I started to feel funny, but I just
thought it was anxiety, but then my fingers started to tingle and go numb…then
my arms started to go numb..and that’s when I started to worry a little bit. So
I looked up side effects of Diamox. It read common side effects, and then seek
a doctor side effects, then the last one said seek immediate medical attention
side effects….can you guess where my symptoms were?? SEEK IMMIATE MEDIACAL
ATTENTION!!! Panic ensued. I leave in less than 24 hours to hike one of the
tallest mountains in the world. I called my mom (she is a nurse) and she calmed
me down and said ok call the doctor as soon as it opens, your still breathing
so you are fine, but do some more research before you head to the hospital. So
I looked up what causes tingling from Diamox…..It says do not take this drug if
you are allergic to Sulfa, guess what the ONE thing I am allergic too is,
SULFA!!!!!!! HOW DO YOU MISS THAT!? My mom didn’t know that’s what it
contained, and my doctor prescribed it to me AFTER he asked what I was allergic
to.. hmm not cool UAB Travel Doctor. This was quite a stressful ordeal to go though,
but I am tying this right now as my fingers and arms are numb, so it’s not THAT
bad…but I got news..If I don’t make it to the top because I can’t acclimate
well, I am suing that doctor!! Kidding….but not really. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Ok, all that dramatic talk..I called the travel doctor and
all is fine <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span> It’s
actually a natural thing that happens, but if you are allergic to sulfa, it
just comes out a little bit more…. All is well, and on to hike! I will just
have a tingling feeling in my limbs for a few days, but I will gladly have that
over being sick all the way up the “hill”<br />
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Day one of the Hike</b><br />
We flew in to Moshi the day before, and I felt like such a Bad*** because we
had all out hiking gear on, and huge bags, we were clearly going to hike
Kilimanjaro. People were looking at us (prob thinking we were crazy) but I was
very proud to say that I was about to go conquer this beast! AAAND the fact it
was 4 ladies going..no men. That was pretty cool too! (not knocking men, I love
men, but a ladies trip up the kili was pretty awesome!)<br />
So we met out Guide whose name was Safiel. I asked him how many times he has summited
Kili, he said over 100 times. I then said perfect…lets make 101! He laughed and
we were on our way to the gate.</div>
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to take, but has the highest success rate, and best chance to acclimate. We met our porters, signed in at the ranger station, filled our camel
backs and took off! Today was not super hard. We just hiked for about 4 hours
and the trail was well maintained. We walked through rainforest the whole day.
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By the time we got to the first night of camp, we were already adding layers of
clothes. The temp dropped with in 4 hours. We hiked up about 6.7 miles, and rose
in elevation about 4,000 feet. It was a long day and a lot of hiking but I’m
not complaining, especially about how wonderful it felt to put on layers of
clothes after having all of this Africa heat!<br />
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Through out the whole trip, our meals were fantastic! We had a different kind
of soup each day, a veggies of some sort, lots of carbs, and fruit. I’m not
sure if the food was really as good as I thought it was, or I was just so
hungry at each meal that I didn’t care what it tasted like, I would eat it
anything!</div>
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One thing I have to mention, and I wish I had a picture of were the stars. They
were UNREAL!! I have been camping, and hunting and out late at night, but I
have never seen the starts look like this before. They covered the sky like little
diamonds (I know I know it’s a song, but for real that’s what it looked like!!)
We could see the milky way, shooting stars and planet even a satellite in
orbit. I stood outside in awe and wonder of what was before me. I felt so
small. It reminded me of how truly wonderful our creator. All I could say was Glory to God, He makes all things beautiful!</div>
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Today, we woke up to a beautiful sunrise and a clear view of the mountain. It
was wonderful and got us really excited for the day and the week ahead of us! We
only hiked 3.5 miles, but the elevation was greater than the day before, so it
took us longer to hike so we could get used to the altitude. I was the only one
who got sick, but it was not bad, just a nasty headache, nothing Advil couldn’t
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The terrain today was WAY different than the first day. It was alot steeper, and the trail was not as mantianed as the first day. We were basically climbing over boulders and rocks. We had to use our
hands and knees a lot, but it was SO much fun! We actually all agreed that this
was our favorite day because of the terrain as well as the views. We started to
get above the cloud line and could tell that we were actually getting
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This day was especially hard because we were hiking for so long, straight up,
and it got really cold this day. I had on about 3 layers top and bottom. This
was also the day that my head was about to explode, so I was having a hard
time. After lunch we headed down to our camp, which took about 4 hours, but
here is the kicker..it SNOWED on us! We had to put on all our rain gear because
it was snowing so hard. It was awesome…for about an hour.haha then it got
really annoying. I’m just saying, it is hard enough to walk down hill, but when
you have a flowing river bed as your trail…its REALLY hard. Lets just say, this
was not our favorite day, a few choice words were said and tears were shed, but
we are still having a blast! The view once we reached the camp made it all
worth it. We were sleeping RIGHT under Uhuru peak. It was such a beautiful
sight. Once we peed, got some warm soup and dried off, we were all back to our happy
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So everyone had told me that hiking Kilimanjaro was just like a walk, or a simple hike… Got news, ITS NOT! Well at least our route it was not haha. Today we were
going to be hiking up the Barranco Wall. It was basically rock climbing with
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hike as the other days had been, just more taxing on our bodies. We hiked up three peaks to help get
acclimated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So on our last peak, it
started to snow again, but then turned to rain. Again, I was say it…it is
really not fun to hike down in the rain or up hill up for that matter. It was a
really hard day on our bodies and our spirits. Once we arrived to camp I took
off all my wet clothes, and crawled into my sleeping bag, and did not move for
like 3 hours. It was nice. But once we at some food and dried off, our good fun
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This is the day we hike up to base camp….THE basecamp. It is a short hike only
about 2 miles, but we are hiking up to 18,000ft, so it takes about 3 hours to
reach camp.<br />
Once we arrived at camp, we ran into some friends that we had made along the
way. They were from Georgia, and Oregon. They were supposed to summit the night
before we did…they did not make it. They had to be turned around due to
weather. The wind was blowing at about 100 miles and snowing. They only made it
half way before it became unsafe to be on the mountain. We were shocked! They
were so upset, and I was too. I felt so bad for them! We kind of got
discouraged because it looked cloudy and we had already had 3 days of rain, so
the odds were not in our favor . We all began to pray. Hard. <br />
We ate lunch and headed to our tents to sleep. We were going to be summiting Kilimanjaro
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I slept that afternoon just fine, but after dinner it started to rain and
snow…and there was a terrible thunderstorm that kept me awake worrying! Not to
mention the fact that I’m not a huge fan of thunderstorms in the first place…ESPECIALLY when I am
in a tent on a mountain and I am the closet thing to the lightning. Lets just say I did not
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Day 6 SUMMIT NIGHT!</b><br />
We were woken up at 11:30 to start getting ready to hike up. We asked our guide
why we hiked at night…his response was “so you don’t see how far you have to
go, or what’s around you”. I like his honesty, and it made totall since once
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I had on 4 layers on my bottoms, 5 on my top, a full head and neck cover, three
pairs of socks, and two pairs of gloves. I looked like a marshmallow, but I was
warm! The only things that go cold were my fingers and toes. I was armed and
ready to conquer this mountain. I had hot hands in my gloves, and in all my
pockets in my jacket. I have energy jellybeans, energy chews and nuts to keep
me going, and my iPod equipped with all of my music that would motivate me. I was ready baby!<br />
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I can honestly say that this hike was the hardest thing I have ever done in my
life. Physically and mentally that is…and borderline emotionally too. It took
every once of energy and will power to get me up that mountain. It was -10
degrees and the wind starting to pick up. At one point, it was blowing at a
constant 30 miles per hour. I am not a light skinny girl by any means, but the wind was so strong that it blew me off the trial a few times. You had to make sure you had good footing, otherwise you would be knocked down. About half way up, my line to my
camel back froze solid, so I didn’t have any water. (I had it in my coat, but
it still froze) and my iPod died on me. I was alone with my thoughts and the sound of wind and snow whipping around me. I now understand why we hike at night..if you could see what was in front of you, or what was on either side, you would turn around and come
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parts where if you took one wrong step, you would fall off the mountain. Quite
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So since my iPod died, I did everything I could to get my mind off what my
body was doing. I thought about the week, my family, and friends. I thought
about conversations I wanted to have with people when I got home, past relationships, what I wanted to eat when I got off the mountain….etc. etc., you name
it, I thought about it. At one point in the climb, I started chanting “just
keep climbing, just keep climbing” like Dory did in “Finding Nemo” about
swimming. Yup, I went there. I was desperate!<br />
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We could only take 1 minuet breaks along the way because if we did anymore
than that, we would get to cold and freeze. So each break you had enough time
to do one thing, either drink, eat, wipe your nose or cry. I think we took only
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Stella point was our marker that told us we were almost there and I thought we
would never reach Stella point. This is also the point where most people turn around because they cannot make it any further, and I see why. As soon as we got there. I busted into tears, but I was not going to give
up.. no matter what.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was tired, cold,
wet, and could hardly breathe….tears and all, I kept going. That last 200 meters were the longest steps of my life. I started to believe that the peak did not exsist. Then all of the sudden there it was..the beautiful green sign that said we had made it... we finally made it to Uhuru Peak!!
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We made it there just as the sun was rising, it was breathtaking. I literally
felt like I was on top of the world. I cried again, not out of pain or misery,
but out of shear joy. I did it, I actually summited Mt. Kilimanjaro. I CANT
BELIEVE I DID IT!!!! We made it in 6 hours and 20 minuets, but the crazy thing was
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Yes... I "tebowed" on top of Kilimanjaro<br />
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<br />We sat down to have a warm cup of tea (that our sweet guides carried for us) and then took pictures. You are only allowed 15 mins on the top because it is so high and the lack of oxygen will start to kill you and or make you go crazy. We had written down all the pictures we wanted to take at the top so we would not forget. The only thing we did not get was video from the top. So enjoy these summit pictures!<br />
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I totally thought that going up was the hard part. False. It was coming down. I
had given EVERY inch of energy and will power to get up, that coming down, my
body crashed, literally. I probably fell about 100, so much so that at one point I just sat down
and started scooting on my butt. The guide had to hold one side of me up just
to get down the mountain. It took up 4 hours to get down to base camp, but I made it down in once piece. I think the fact I did
not sleep had a lot to do with it. So if you hike the mountain, word from the
wise….sleep the night before. Its not fun if you don’t.<br />
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At base camp everyone congratulated us, even our sweet crew! We were able to
sleep for one hour and have lunch, the we were on our way again. Down hill. We
hiked for another 4 hours to our last camp. At this point I’m not even going to
lie to you, I hated my life and this mountain. In total, I hike 14 hours in
one day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is just insane. I did sleep like a BABY that night that night though and I woke up totally refreshed, but SO ready to get
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Not so much, our legs hurt so bad and it just had rained so it made things very
difficult. We had managed to all stay well and in once piece the whole
trip…except the last day. We were an hour and a half from the gate, and Betsy
(my cousin) slipped and fell..and broke her arm in half. Yup, in half. She wins
the super trooper award because she still had to hike the rest of the way down!
She handled like a champ, and all is well now. She did have to be medivacted to
South Africa for emergency surgery! Two screws and a plate later, and she is
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So despite all the tears, cuss words and broken bones…Hiking Kilimanjaro was
the coolest thing I have ever done in my entire life. I wouldn’t trade the
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small percentile of people that can say they have summited one of the tallest mountains
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I have a few special people to thank for their help in this endevor:</span></span><br />
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Michael P.</b> Thank you so much for being such a sweet friend and sending me your
personal hiking gear. I must say you are one amazing man! Someone very special
is going to be the luckiest girl in the world to have a man like you. Thanks
again</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px;"><b>Callie L. </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px;">Seriously girl you saved our lives with all of you knowledge and gear!! Thank you so much for helping prepare us for what was in store, and all of your encouragment. It totally was worth it! Im so glad we have gotten to be friends these past few months! Cant wait to see you in China!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria;"><b>Townsend and Melissa. </b>I met them three days before I left and they were sweet enough to lend me their hiking poles!! They were our lucky charm. That was their 5th successful summit to Kili (the poles that is). Thanks guys!!<br /><b>
My Dad.</b> Thank you for stocking us up with toilet paper. We needed
it..bad. And thanks for sending me all your warm hunting gear!! I Love you.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria;"><b>
My Mom.</b> Thank you for buying all the energy candy and shipping me all the
things that I forgot in the states! I for real have the best parents in the
world.</span></span><br />
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"If you never leave home, never let go, you will never make it to the great unknown. Open up your eyes. Keep you eyes open"</div>
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~Em~</div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09681122583235633829noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338423892822605032.post-44043435405938981992012-02-13T10:03:00.000-08:002012-02-13T10:03:56.507-08:00Imbuja Island and Zanzibar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My last two weekends have involved island hopping! I went to
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Imbuja is an island right off the coast of Dar. It is so
close that you can just take a short boat ride to it! We spend Sunday out there
with two other families and we had a blast. The water was breathtaking and it
was fun to have some good quality family time.
I grew up going to the lake every summer so I LOVE boats and being on
the water. I’m pretty sure they entire ride to the island and back I had a huge
smile on my face. I felt like a kid again! Im sure my face looked something like this the entire time :)<br />
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While spending the day there I had the opportunity to go snorkeling! There is a
reef not to far off the shore so it is perfect to snorkel in, especially for a
first time snorkeler. Now I have been
snorkeling once in my life and its no something that I really like to do, but I
said “when in Rome” and dove right in! I ended up loving it and enjoyed being
able to see the life under the sea. I saw all sorts of colorful fish and one
huge eel. It was snake like, and snakes are my biggest fear in life, so I
quickly swam away from that thing before I had a panic attack. I tried to look
for Nemo and Dori (Pixar movie character references) but they were no where to
be found, but since the island is so close and we have a boat, I’m sure I will
get another chance to snorkel for them!<br />
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Below are some pictures of our day spent on the island <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> Enjoy<br />
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The colorful sailboats we saw while on our way out to the island!<br />
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Heading to the boat!<br />
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The local fishing boats<br />
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Amazing colors<br />
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This was our little hut we had for the day.<br />
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Most recently, I had the opportunity to go to Zanzibar! (in
hopes to meet some zanzibarbarians!) Only a few of you will get that movie reference,
and if you do, you are my favorite person ever, if you don’t…look it up, its
one of my family’s favorite movies and mine.<br />
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ANY WHO! Zanzibar. It is a large island off the coast of Tanzania and it only
takes about 20min to get there on a small airplane. The island is known for its
spices. You can get all types of spices for really cheap. They also offer spice
tours where you can see where they are gown and sample them. I didn’t go on
this trip; I am waiting to go with my Aunt and Uncle when they come visit. We stayed at the amazing hotel
that is only about a year old and boy was it fancy. It was probably the nicest
place I have ever stayed in. Although I felt like I should be on my honeymoon
at this kind of resort, I was with two kids and my cousins. Same
thing right? Haha kidding! It was such a nice “vacation” and I really enjoyed
living in the life of luxury for a few days. We spend most of the days laying
out by the pool and walking along the beach. It was nice and relaxing. I didn’t
get out much on the island because I know I will be going back a few more
times. So, for now, enjoy these photos of the beautiful resort!<br />
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The back porch</div>
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Infinity pool, they had two of these babies.<br />
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Walking out into the water during low tide<br />
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The pier<br />
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Pier bar. That roof is really made out of grass. Pretty, but highly flammable.<br />
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Breathtaking sunset...God is a brilliant painter.<br />
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I will be hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro very soon and my next blog will be all about my
hike! Please pray for our safety and success of climbing the mountain. I am so
excited to have this opportunity to do something that most people just dream
about, I am truly blessed.<br />
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To be honest, I am so blessed to be over here in Africa! I am doing something
that I have wanted to do which is exploring the world! I am blessed to have the
opportunity, the connections and have worked so hard to save, to be able to do
live here and explore and to do it as long as I am. I know that this lifestyle
is not forever, but I am glad to be able to do it for now. I am learning things
that I didn’t think I would learn over here. I am not really sure what I
thought I would be learning or experience, but it is different and I am glad
for it. I will come home a different person, but a better person for sure.<br />
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Hope you all have a WONDERFUL Valentines Day!<br />
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Aaaaand if you are wondering, no, I do not have a “valentine” and I have not
found one over here. I think that is for the best ;) (cough cough, mother).<br />
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I will consider all you as my valentine this year. <br />
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Not too much has happened this past week, just the same ole
same ole wake up, play with kids, work out, pick up kid, play, study, class,
play, dinner, movie and then bed. This may seem kinda boring, but living with a
three year old is anything but! She is the cutest thing. She picks up on
everything I do and say. She watches me and tries to do what I do.. its
flattering and scary all at the same time!! The scary part, I have to be
careful of what I say and do around her.. For example..The other day I was making
a sandwich, and I pulled it out of the oven and I burned my finger, a certain
four little word slipped out and all of our head whipped around to Ellis to see
if she would repeat it, thank goodness she was not paying attention, but im
pretty sure she that will come back to haunt us <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>
oops. But there are some funny things she has picked up that I say! For those
of you who have spent more than 10 mins with me, you know I use the word
“awesome” and the phrase “I’m so excited” quite often, well, these are now
common phrases of Ellis. It makes me laugh every time I hear her say them! On the flattering part… we were up dancing to some music and she kept looking up at me and
mimicking my moves. It was precious! She
will go in my room and put on my jewelry, or try to wear my scarfs, but for
some reason the icing on the cake for me was this: One night we were playing and she took one of her sleeves to make her dress a one shoulder
dress….I have worn a dress a few times that is one shouldered. She mentioned
that she like it, but I didn’t think anything of it until this night..she was
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have someone who wants to be like you, or act like you. It also makes you think
about how you are acting and how people perceive you. Its not just 3 year olds
who do this, its people of all ages. People are always watching what you do,
how you act, what you say..You may not think of yourself as a leader, but I
tell you eyes are watching. Some one may be looking up to you and you don’t
even know it. So what would they act out if they were trying to be like you? Its
funny how a three year old can teach you so much and really make you think
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action packed posts to come! I am hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro at the end of the
month and I have been training super hard for it! It will be one
of the most challenging things I have ever done, but I am more than ready to
take it on. Please pray for our safe travels. <br />
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I do have big plans for the weeks proceeding Kili, both involve some traveling and bikinis. It shall be fun.
I will post all about it when I return. I’m excited to explore a little bit
more of Tanzania!<br />
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I will leave you with some pictures of lately. Have a wonderful weekend, and
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My and my buddy Ellis out for tea. This was her treat for pooping in the potty. Yes, we talk about pooping in the potty..ALOT. She asks me everyday if I have pooped in the potty or if I have put a sticker on the chart like her, for pooping in the potty. This kid cracks me up! Just in case you are wondering.. Lets just say, I always earn my stickers.<br />
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The kiddos...yes they are brother and sister..and yes they have the same parents.. I like to call them Ebony and Ivory.<br />
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They are on the road right outside our compound just chilling in the trees. I took the picture as Betsy and I were on our walk training for Kilimanjaro..</div>
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I have been here for three weeks now and man how time flies!
I am starting to get used to living over here, but I don’t think I will ever
get used to it enough to live over here forever! I love America more and more
everyday. You don’t realize how or how easy we have it until you go to another
country…particularly a third world country. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Something that I never had to think about until I got over
here was Internet. In America we go buy a modem, or a router..hook it up and we
are set. We pay a one-time fee for our Internet, or we pay monthly for unlimited
searching, downloads and etc. Well over here, you pay BY the download/Megabyte.
I didn’t realize how many things were downloaded. I mean, I know what a download
means, like when I download music, download a movie or a pictures, but I had no
idea that opening a page was a download, conducting a search is a download etc
(I don’t claim to know a whole lot about computers anyway, so Im sure you are
not surprised by this). If the website
has a lot of moving parts and pictures, then that uses a ton of mega bites,
download a picture from a email is a lot, and skyping uses a ton too! That is just one
of the things that you do not think about until you get over to a foreign
country and since this is my first time overseas, I am learning so much. I know
that when I come home I will have a greater appreciation of everything from the
price of honey and Oreos to the Internet. <o:p></o:p></div>
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culture here in Tanzania as well as make some friends! I went this cultural
event with two girls I met and it was so much fun! They had
traditional music, and fashion show, as well as some dancing! I wouldn’t say it
was traditional Tanzanian dancing because the music was from American artists like LMFAO and Usher, and they were
breakdancing, which is known to have started in the Bronx…. but still, it was
very entertaining! Below is a video of the music over here!<br />
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Fashion Show!<br />
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Tanzanian Band<br />
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Being a tour guide by trade, I jumped on an opportunity to
take a city tour of Dar this past week. I wanted to get a feel of where I was,
what the buildings were, the history of the city etc.…Well, first off it was no
Holland America coach, I am in the back of a Van squeezed with two other
pleasantly plumb people and the AC barley reaches me. The driver does not speak
English, so we are not getting told anything about where we were or where we
were going. We stopped at the Museum of Tanzania, which was very interesting.
Large building…very small exhibits. But it was neat to see. Then we went to the
botanical gardens, lets just say my backyard is nicer than it was, so we cut
that stop short and they took us to the nicest hotel in the city. We went to
the roof and were able to take some pictures (see below) that was really cool because
we got to see the entire city and the port. We ended the day with a buffet
lunch from a different hotel. All in all it really was a great day and I was
very thankful to the people who set up the tour and allowed me to go. I really did enjoyed seeing the city and the
main tourist attractions, but my snobby tour guide self was a little
disappointed. I did get some great photo and some wonderful conversation from
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Somewhere down town<br />
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This is all that was left from the 1998 American Embassy bombing. It is on display at the museum.<br />
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The very first ATM machine in Dar.<br />
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A wooden bike from a village somewhere<br />
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A view from the top of the Hyatt of the port.<br />
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Downtown<br />
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I think these are apartments. Notice the rooftop drying rack<br />
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I have done a little shopping as well this week..the fun
kind of shopping! I went to the market for souvenirs! I bought a few pair of earrings
hand made my African women…very cute and super cheap! I bought them for about $1.50 each. Not only is the jewelry hand made, but all the wood statues, masks
and animals are hand made too! I am 100% sure I am going to come home with
way to much African stuff, its all so beautiful!! The good thing about shopping
for souvenirs here is, most of these things are relatively inexpensive but you
still get a pretty good quality product. You can’t beat $10 for a hand carved
mask of a giraffe or $5 for a wooden hippo and since I several people to buy
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both want weapons…so Ross and Ryan, don’t you worry I found some AWESOME
weapons for yall…I will ship them home before I leave because I’m pretty sure
you can’t take a spear on an airplane.</i><br />
I really do love buying things for
people, especially when I know they are going to LOVE it. So hopefully if I
bring you something back, you will be just as excited to get it as I am to give
it to you!! Here are just a few pictures of the items I bought so far.<br />
(ps, if you have any requests of something for me to bring back to you, just
email me...and then send cash. Jk jk)<o:p></o:p><br />
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My little Vanna White helped me hold the items I have bought for friends :) Thanks E!<br />
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The content of Africa carved with the animals you can find here<br />
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I know someone who is going to LOVE this:)<br />
or the thing below, I haven't decided.<br />
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I dont really like the ones with people faces, kinda freak me out, but the animals ones are way cool!<br />
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I also have been taking language classes to speak Swahili!
It has been so much fun. I never thought I would say this…but I actually enjoy
taking classes, learning and studying!! (I have got to stop saying I will
never) But there is a little thrill and joy of speaking the language of the
locals and seeing their faces light up, or often times for me they laugh, when
you actually ask for something or say hello in their language! Their whole demeanor
changes and they are so willing to help and be kind to you. Now some of you
reading this are thinking geez Emily where have you been? Or thinking how
insensitive I am by not learning another language sooner, but you have to
remember, this is my first time overseas…and I have never <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">had</i> to learn another language. Now I do, and I see the importance
of it, and how the people really take to you for at least trying. A little bit
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I tell you what, I am going to come home knowing how to do
so much, cook, drive on the other side of the car on the other side of the road,
speak Swahili, change a diaper, color inside the lines, and appreciate
EVERYTHING about America, even the smallest of things <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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This little safe looking thing is called a Bajij. Its basically a 3 wheeled go-kart.<br />
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Driving down the road in Dar<br />
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These billboard look extremely out of place, and they make no since at all.<br />
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Family outing to the mall!<br />
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Ellis is super cool in her shades<br />
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Hey! Even people in Tanzania are Saints fans!! WHO DAT!<br />
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The Mall. This might be the nicest thing in the city.</div>
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Oh, don't worry about it, I'm just taking a nap while driving.</div>
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These guys walk up and down the street selling RANDOM items, for example, this man is selling maps. They also sell car jacks, steering wheel covers, dish towels, cell phone cases and accessories, inflatable pools, and holographic pictures of Jesus. Get them while they are hot!<br />
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Just a view of driving downtown. Notice which side of the road we are on. Still getting used to this.<br />
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Oh, just a typical Saturday, go to the mall, preform minor surgery on your dog in the living room.. <br />
(Betsy is a licensed veterinarian.. no worries!)<br />
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I will leave you with this image, butter on a shelf. Mmmm.</div>
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09681122583235633829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338423892822605032.post-19216543453401830912012-01-13T13:56:00.000-08:002012-01-13T14:33:12.126-08:00The Beach and ShoppingHabari za mchana! (Good Afternoon)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">I have been in Tanzania now for a little over a
week and I am still getting used to living in a foreign country, as well as
living with a 3 year old and a 3 month old. Both are HUGE adjustments for me! (side note, <i>I will do a entire post on living
abroad later.) </i>I have babysat kids of all ages, but living with them is
another thing! I guess this is a way for the Lord to start preparing me to have
my own family and kids one day. I must need
the extra practice </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">But all in all I really enjoying <i>ALL</i> the new experiences!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">My day to day activities include playing with Ellis, (we really like coloring together) help entertain Henry, </span>go to the store, run errands, work out P90X2 STYLE <i>BOOOYAA!</i> and then we end the day with play time or a movie! Since living with two small children limits our outings, and I have only been here a week both limit my ability to go places. But I know the longer I am here I will get into some more interesting things, but for now, its beach and shopping!</div>
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Now I know what you are thinking, but no..I am not clothes shopping, although that will come later, this is a every day grocery kind of shopping. Since everything is pretty much fresh here, you have to buy it that day and eat it with in the next two or three days. Things do no keep very well here because the food is not filled with chemicals or preservatives, so we have to go to the store several times a week. I find this very interesting and fun because it is a whole different kind of grocery experience. We go to one place for eggs, one for fruit, another for meat, and another for veggies. This takes up quite a bit of time. Dar does have "real" grocery stores, but the prices are almost triple what they should be, especially if the product is imported. This is why we shop at so many different places, plus it is much better to shop locally! I have a few pictures to show the prices of some normal items you would find in a American grocery store. These items were found in the "real" grocery store. I will put up pictures of the local markets later.</div>
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This is imported from America, it is 20,500 shillings,which is about almost $13! For gross slice cheese!</div>
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These are Avocados and they are DELICIOUS! They are actually way cheaper here than in the US, they are about 500 shillings or 0.31 cents<br />
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This just cracks me up. DOOM!!!! Take that roaches.<br />
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This is a British magazine. Its 34,000 shillings, which is about $21.50! I don't think I would want it that bad.<br />
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This is what is ridiculous, a box of cereal is 17,000 shillings, which is about $10 bucks!<br />
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Corn and Chocolate anyone??<br />
Yes, these were really packaged together.<br />
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Not all of the food and other household items are that expensive, you can find some really cheap food here, point in case, the avocados, but the things that you are used to having, like turkey, chicken, beef, pork etc is very expensive and very rare to find, especially to find it clean. This means we do not get alot of protein in our diets so we eat alot of eggs to get protein as well as black beans. It is a treat to have chicken at night, or a slab of beef. That was one thing I did not think about missing when I was over here, but boy do I! So does my hair, it tends to fall out alot when I don't get enough protein. So if I come back bald, you all will know why.<br />
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Some other items that I never thought about as a "luxury" item, chips, oreo's, nuts, cheese, ritz crackers, well any kind of cracker...etc. Just little stuff like that. This does not mean that they do not have these items over here, it just means that I am not willing to pay over $10 for these things, especially a sleeve of only 15 oreos! This is why they are considered a "luxury" items.<br />
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I am also learning how to cook while I am over here! It's not that I can't cook, it just that I have never really had the practice or time/effort to cook. Especially just for party o'one. So I just don't cook. However, being over here you have to cook. Everything is fresh and you have to take the time to prepare it, and if you don't do that, you don't eat. For example, anything that does not have a "peel" on it, has to be bleached. Food may be fresh here, but that does not mean that it is necessarily safe and clean. If you are going to cook it or bake it, its fine. Bleaching is exactly what you think it is, open up a bottle of bleach, pour about a caps worth in the sink and let the food soak for a few minutes. Everyone knows how to bleach food right?? Maybe its just me, but it kinda freaked me out at first. It's all good now, totally safe. The meals we cook at night will usually last until the next day, so we will eat it for lunch. There are some things that will freeze and keep for weeks, like meat, chicken, beans, etc.. so when we have these items, we make them last!<br />
Hopefully when I get home I will be able to cook like a master chef! OR at least know how to cook a few things here and there and wont look so undomesticated.<br />
If you have any recipes you want to send my way to try over here, bring it on! And in the mean time, I will also learn how to make a traditional African meal. Wish me luck!<br />
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Now, onto the real fun stuff THE BEACH!! This is where I do spend alot of my time and I am not complaining at all! Joe and Betsy belong to the Yacht Club, which is just a private beach club and it is THE only safe beaches here, and it is beautiful!<br />
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A view from behind the a few of the "Yachts" looking out onto the ocean.<br />
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The beautiful yacht club beach!<br />
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Jambo!! (swahili for hello) I arrived in Tanzania super early on Thursday morning
after about 36 hours of travel, I was pretty exhausted!! The first and second flight
I was so excited I couldn’t sleep! Everything was so new and exciting to me. I
have never traveled overseas before, so I wanted to experience it all, even the
airplane food! Which is not that bad!!
By the third flight, I was over the excitement and I popped an Ambien
and passed out. But before that, I had about a 2-hour layover in
Amsterdam. I had the chance to talk to some guys who were getting ready to hike
Mt. Kilimanjaro! I am dying to hike it and had some questions about it, so I
struck up a convo with them. They were extremely nice, helpful and made my two-hour
layover much more fun! I was asking where they were from and how they all knew
each other, just trying to be nice, and Dave, of the three informed me that
they were baseball players! I had no idea who they were until I googled them
when I got into Dar, but as a good southern belle who loves baseball, I did tell them GO BRAVES! They did not care for that so
much, but they were still very sweet ha-ha. The guys were R.A Dickey who plays
for the Mets, Kevin Slowly who plays for the Rockies and Dave (don’t remember
his last name) who is one of the bullpen catchers for the Mets! They are supposed to email how they did and
some helpful hints for when I hike. Now that I know who they are, that would be
really cool! Haha I’m such a dork. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Upon landing my cousin Joe was there to pick me up and help
me though customs and security. We stood in the baggage claim area, which is
about the size of someone’s living room with a conveyer belt in it, for about
45 min waiting on my bags…they never showed. I was expecting this to happen due
to the fact of how many transfers I had and how far I was traveling. I packed a
carry on with shorts and a few t-shirts and my toiletries in it. I’m such an
experienced traveler right?? My bags finally showed up a day and a half later.
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There are a ton of things that are waaaaaaay different here
in Africa than in America, but the first big thing I noticed was how everyone
was driving! It’s on the "wrong" side of the road and on the "wrong" side of the
car! I’m not sure I will ever get used to that. While driving home form the
airport, I kept finding myself pushing the brake that would normally be on my
side, but I was mostly doing that because of the crazy driving that was being
done by my cousin Joe. There are no rules for driving in Tanzania, or lines, or
stop sings, or common curtsey. It’s every man for himself, and I thought it was
hard to learn how to drive around in Atlanta, GA!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Since today is just day three of being here, I am still
pretty jet lagged. My body has no idea what time zone its in and I am all out of whack!
Hopefully I will get some rest soon and figure out what time zone I am supposed
to be in. On top of the jet lag and lack up sleep, there are Peacocks in front
of our compound that really like to make themselves known in wee hours of the
morning. I’m not sure if you have ever heard a peacock, but they sound a lot
like a dying cats. Not exactly the most pleasant
alarm, but I feel like it’s better than screeching monkeys!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I will leave you with some pictures of my humble abode for
the next 4 months!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is the living room<br />
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Coach, the family dog<br />
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"dada" means lady or miss in Swahili<br />
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Bedroom equipped with mosquito net :)<br />
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The front of the house<br />
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The playroom<br />
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The kitchen, they have a maid and cook. Yup.<br />
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This is my little cousin Ellis!! She is my new best friend.</div>
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(good night)</div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09681122583235633829noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338423892822605032.post-28801134417581374552012-01-01T18:51:00.000-08:002012-01-01T18:51:22.133-08:00Packing<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I am about to take off on my crazy journey. I leave January 3, so just one day away and one thing
I want to address is packing. Have you ever tried to pack for a long trip,
knowing there was not a Target or a Wal-Mart near by? Well it really makes you
think extra hard about what you are going to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really</i> need while being there! AND not to mention, the inevitable
one thing you forgot that you will just pick up when you get there item…yeah,
that just cant happen with me, so this is all about packing!<o:p></o:p></div>
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What am I going to pack you ask? What is the weather like
there? Is there a dress code? These are the questions that I had while packing.
Basically my suitcase is full of summer dresses, skirts, shorts and tank tops. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are two seasons in Africa, Rainy Season
and Hot Season, and I will be there during the HOT season. I think I chose the
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So in talking to my cousin Betsy about what to pack, She said that is too hot
for even shorts over there. She said, and these are her words,<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Shorts make you sweat and you need to wear things that are
breezy”. I totally catch your drift..skirts and dresses it is! Gotta lets
things…breathe. Thanks Betsy! <o:p></o:p></div>
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As far as the dress code goes, I am going to stick out like
a sore thumb anyways so why follow a dress code!?? Kidding, there really is not
a dress code for women in Dar Es Salaam, the only place I will have to dress a
certain way will be in Zanzibar. Women are not allowed to show their knees, so
I will have to wear long dresses or skirts that cover them. I can show all I
want up top, but those knees tend to make men stumble, because in the”
Zanzibarian” culture, knees are considered to be very sexual. Go figure. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I will also be packing things like bug spray, gum, meal bars,
crackers, drink powder mixes (Thanks Claire!!) all my hair products, cus in
Africa, you always have to be stylin, hair dryer, medicine, all my gear for
hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro, ill tell you about that later, toiletries, bathing
suits, towels, sunscreen, a sweatshirt, a long sleeve shirt, cameras, etc etc,
the list goes on and on! Hopefully I wont forget anything since I have very a strategic
packing skills, but if I do, I will just have learn to live with out it, or
find the closest thing Africa has to a Wal-Mart, but either way, its all part
of my adventure! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Ill leave you with these pictures of me packing. Enjoy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is all I am taking over there for 4 months. I may have over packed a tad.... oh well!</div>
<!--EndFragment-->Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09681122583235633829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338423892822605032.post-8633210643762664032011-12-21T13:26:00.000-08:002011-12-22T06:49:21.843-08:00Yup, I started a blog...So I said I would never do a blog...and yet here I am writing on one. I really need to stop saying "I will never" Anywho! I started this blog because I have had several people ask me if I was going to start one and then proceeded to tell me I needed to, so they could keep up with me while I was in Tanzania. I thought that facebook would suffice, but the more I thought about it, there is no way I can tell everything that happens in Africa on my facebook. I just know there is going to be some crazy stories that I will just have to share with you all! For those of you who know me, I cannot tell a short story, so a blog only makes since :) I will try to keep this up to date every week while I am over there. I love pictures so I will try to post as many as I can, but go to facebook to see all the pictures that I could not make it on the blog. <br />
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Some facts you may want to know:<br />
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Flight time over: 24hr total<br />
Time difference: 9 Hours<br />
Living with: My cousins, the Beidlingmeir's.<br />
Why are they there? Joe works for the US Embassy<br />
Are they super cool and the best cousins ever for letting me live with them? FACT.<br />
How long will I be over there? 4 months<br />
Where is Tanzania? Look right.<br />
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So to wrap up this first entry, I'm not exactly sure what I will be doing over there, but I do know this, it is a once in a life time opportunity that I could not pass up. Learning how to live in another country and experience a new culture; Expand new horizons, live life to its fullest. All of these apply to why I am going over there, but some may have heard me refer to this journey as my "sabbatical"...and I will leave you with that reason. :)<br />
Enjoy.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09681122583235633829noreply@blogger.com0