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Thanks, and it is good to have them all back in one piece!

Home Again

Well they are home now...
Ok, I confess... I am just a Dad that wanted to follow their trip.
Anyway, our daughter, Lacey, is back and we are sitting down for dinner now.
I will post some of her pictures and link to albums as they are available.
... more to follow...

Don.

Where...? Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan 20-21

...started by boarding a flight in Dar es Salaam just before midnight on Monday.



...In the air, most of the time Tuesday and Wednesday, but sometimes in Amsterdam, sometimes Detroit, and then the last part of the day on Wednesday, in Los Angeles.





AMS to LAX: KL 601V, Arriving at LAX at 3:20 PM (Pacific)

...as of 10:30 (LA time) the flight is ontime.

Where...? Monday, Jan 19

Monday...
Still in Kendwa meeting with IAVC
















and still staying at the Amaan Kendwa Bungalows

Where...? Sunday, Jan 18

Today will be spent on the beach in Zanzibar!









Perhaps some snorkeling...


















And perhaps even a boat ride...






...but just remember to keep it safe...
















...Ok, this is safe...

It really is, this thing eats krill, not us!

Where...? Saturday, Jan 17

Touring Zanzabar's Stone Town, it's museums, ruins, spice plantations and markets...






























































Spice plantations...

What???

































What are these?

Where...? Friday, Jan 15

This is being posted Thursday evening since Tanzania is just starting their day...

A ferry ride of an hour an a half to Zanzibar.

In Zanzibar, meeting with Integral Assistance to Vulnerable Children.

This organization was established in Zanzibar on 28th March 2005. This Civil Society, is a non-governmental, voluntary, independent and non-profit making organization whose major aim is to provide and improve life condition to Zanzibar society especially to the vulnerable children, orphans of HIV/AIDS, widows, street children and other disadvantaged groups of society and direct them to the better life principals by preparing an equal ground and opportunity for them to learn in various aspects of life. The organization is dedicated to impart society with better norms through the provision of educational and health training centers, recreational centers, conducting counseling, seminars, workshop and tangible assistance.

The hotel...

and the countryside...










And Stone Town.

Where...? Thursday, Jan 15

After an all night bus ride from Dar es Salaam, a 6 AM safari started.




Mikumi National Park

Mikumi is perhaps the most accessible and popular of Tanzania's national parks. The main feature in here is the open grasslands of the Mikumi flood plain which is bordered on two sides by mountain ranges.

The Mikumi Floodplain is the main feature of the Park along with the bordering mountain ranges. The vegetation is made up of woodland, grassland and swamp areas. Its annexed location to Selous lends to its reputation for diversity and abundance of wildlife. Besides resident lions that are known to climb trees, other species found here include: great herds of buffalo, elephant, eland, giraffe, hartebeest, hippo, impala, leopard, warthog, African Wild dog and wildebeest.

Wildebeest...
but you already gnu that...

Where...? Wednesday, Jan 14

Working with CDC

Current Projects
Reproductive Health Assessment (RHA) Toolkit for Conflict-

Affected Women Among the world’s 34 million displaced people, approximately 80% are women and children and are vulnerable to abuses and negative health outcomes during crisis. Women often become heads of households because they are widowed or deserted during displacement and become sole providers and caretakers of their families. It is essential to have appropriate reproductive health services that will—

• Ensure safe pregnancies and deliveries,
• Meet family planning needs,
• Prevent and treat sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS, and
• Respond to and prevent gender-based violence (GBV).

A note from a team member...

Jambo!
It has been absolutely crazy here. It is nonstop. I really enjoyed the city of Arusha and all of the site seeing so far. When we arrived in Dar a Salaam is when I realized how much I miss simple things in life...It is HUMID in Dar compared to the cool breezes in Arusha!
We went on safari and saw all sorts of animals. The lion we saw was sleeping a yard away! I got some awesome closeups. When we were leaving baboons were sitting in the middle of the street. We could have reached out and touched them!
We arrived last night and we had a few adventures with chasing down the critters in our room... the worst part was, when I went to pull down the covers and close my eyes for the night, what was waiting to snuggle in with me?... a baby cockroach. We killed 3 big ones already... I am becoming pro. Yeah it def is not 5 star quality...I miss my bed.
We just met with Engineers Without Borders today and they brought us to one of the wells and taught us all about how they test the water and about boiling it as well.
We are going to be meeting with the CDC tomorrow which is exciting. I am learning sooo much! I can't wait to see more.
Lacey

Where...? Tuesday, Jan 13

Meeting with Engineers Without Borders





...and Bagamoyo:

Bagamoyo was recently designated as Tanzania’s seventh world heritage site and is the oldest town in Tanzania. Bagamoyo's history has been influenced by Arab and Indian traders, the German colonial government and Christian missionaries. Although Bagamoyo is no longer the busy port city that it once was, Tanzania’s Department of Antiquities is working to revitalize the town and maintain the dozens of ruins in and around Bagamoyo.
Bagamoyo was the major slave trading post in East Africa. Bagamoyo, which means ‘lay down your heart’ in Swahili, was probably given this name because Bagamoyo was the last place the slaves would stay in Tanzania before being shipped off to foreign lands. Although the slave trade officially ended in 1873, slaves continued to be sold and traded in Bagamoyo through the end of the nineteenth century.

Where... Monday, Jan 12

13 Hour Bus ride from Arusha to Dar Es Salaam.

Some Sights along the way...

And the final goal, the Peacock Hotel in Dar Es Salaam.

Where... Sunday Jan 11

Arusha National Park
Described as the "little gem", Arusha National Park consists of three spectacular features: the Momella Lakes, Meru Crater and the Ngurdoto Crater. The all time thrillers "Hatari" and "Sammy Going South" were filmed in this enchanting wildlife sanctuary. With a small area of about 137 sq. km and situated only 87 km from Moshi, this Park could be visited in a day.





Arusha National Park is considered to have the largest concentration of the giraffes in the world, other animals including hippo, buffalo, colobus monkey, bushbuck, reedbuck, waterbuck, warthog, leopards and hyenas. You won’t be disappointed to have few days safari in this National Park.

Itinerary

Tues. Wed.	January 6, 2009 8:45 AM meet at LAX Tom Bradley Terminal after check in individually at KLM	Overnight at United African Alliance Community Center (FB)	Pick up at airport
January 6-7	January 6, 200910:50 AM Flight KL6330	Contact: Charlotte Hill O’Neil	Drive to UAACC
	LAX to DTW	UAACC
	January 6, 2009 7:00PM Flight KL6036T DTW to AMS (8 hours)
	January 7, 2009 10:10 AM Flight KL569T AMS to Kilimanjaro/Arusha (8.5 hours) AMS to JRO
Thursday	Arusha	Mt. Meru Hospital, Mental Health Clinic	Day with drivers to visit projects
8-Jan	UAACC (FB)	Old Arusha Clinic
Friday	Arusha	Angaza HIV testing and counseling	Day with drivers to visit projects
9-Jan	UAACC (FB)	Ngurdoto village dispensary (rural)
		Youth Forum
		Traditional Doctor
Saturday	Masaai Village	Masaai village	Day with drivers
10-Jan	(FB)	Ngorongoro Crater
Sunday	Arusha	Arusha National Park	Day with drivers
11-Jan	UAACC (FB)
Monday	Dar Es Salaam		Meet bus at 6AM
12-Jan	Peacock Hotel (BB)		Arrive hotel 7PM
Tuesday	Dar Es Salaam	Engineers without Borders	Meet bus 9AM
13-Jan	Peacock Hotel (BB)	Contact: Mr. Chris Kuffar	10 AM Engineer wo Borders
		video	Day with drivers
		Stop at Bagamoyo	2PM Bagamoyo
		Slave Forts
		Research and Training Center
Wednesday	Genesis Hotel (FB)	Ifakara CDC Reproductive Health Projects Contact: Reina Turcios, MD	Meet bus at 8 AM Drive to Ifakara and to nearby villages
14-Jan		Article	Overnight trip to Mikumi National Park
Thursday	Dar Es Salaam	Mikumi National Park	6AM game drive
15-Jan	Peacock Hotel (BB)	WHO Tobacco Control contact: Ms. Lutgard Kagaruki	2 PM at hotel
			3:30 PM meeting Tobacco Control
			Day with drivers
Friday	Stone town	Integral Assistance to Vulnerable Children in Zanzibar contact Timothy Philemon	Transfer to port, ferry to Zanzibar 1-1/2 hours
16-Jan	Dhow Palace Hotel (BB)
Saturday	Stone town	Museums, ruins, spice Plantations, Market
17-Jan	Dhow Palace Hotel (BB)
Sunday	Kendwa	Beach Day, Snorkeling
18-Jan	Amaan Kendwa Bungalows (HB)
Monday	Kendwa	Integral Assistance to Vulnerable Children in Zanzibar contact Timothy Philemon
19-Jan	Amaan Kendwa Bungalows (HB)
Tuesday	January 20, 2009 11:50 PM Flight KL571V DAR to AMS (9.5 hours)	Farewell Dinner in Dar Es Salaam	3PM
20-Jan	6 hour layover Amsterdam		Transfer to Stone Town Ferry to Dar 1-1/2 hours
	January 21, 2009 1:20 PM flight KL 601V AMS to LAX		Transfer to Dar to intl departure
Wednesday	Arrive LAX 3:20 PM
21-Jan