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We’re All the Same Color On This Bus. Red.

27 May ’11
By: expatmonkeyFiled under Africa, Rwanda, Tanzania. Tagged bus, dirt, dust, kigali, kigoma, rwanda, tanzania. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment

Dirt, not blood. Continue reading→

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Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

26 May ’11
By: expatmonkeyFiled under Africa, Gombe / Kigoma, Tanzania. Tagged bus, clocks, kigali, kigoma, stranded, swahili time. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment

Because apparently I don’t. Continue reading→

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I’m Gonna Guess Your Skinny Ass is David Livingstone

25 May ’11
By: expatmonkeyFiled under Africa, Gombe / Kigoma. Tagged livingstone, stanley, Tanganyika, tanzania, ujiji. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

Ujiji. It’s fun to say. It’s fun to write. It’s fun to find a Scottish missionary there apparently as well. Continue reading→

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Arthur Treacher’s Fishin’ Chimps

24 May ’11
By: expatmonkeyFiled under Africa, Gombe / Kigoma, Tanzania. Tagged apes, baboons, chimpanzees, chimps, gombe, Jane Goodall, national park, primates, Tanganyika, tanzania. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

They’re more human than human, if you catch my drift. Continue reading→

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Boat Ride to Chimpville

23 May ’11
By: expatmonkeyFiled under Africa, Gombe / Kigoma, Tanzania. Tagged boat, chimpanzees, ferry, gombe stream, Jane Goodall, lake, national park, Tanganyika, tanzania, taxi. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

These people are my family. Continue reading→

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Nothin’ to See Here, Folks

22 May ’11
By: expatmonkeyFiled under Gombe / Kigoma, Tanzania. Tagged bus, dirt, dust, kigoma, tanzania. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

Sometimes bus rides are beautiful. Sometimes not so much.
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Gimme Some of That Liquid Sweet Yellow Sunshine

21 May ’11
By: expatmonkeyFiled under Africa, Gombe / Kigoma, Tanzania. Tagged bus, dar es salaam, kahama, kigoma, long-distance, Tanganyika, tanzania, touts. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment

Transit is my life. Road food may be my death. Continue reading→

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Dilly Dally Days on the Zanzibari Coast

19 May ’11
By: expatmonkeyFiled under Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar. Tagged diamonds of the east, hotel, resort, tanzania, zanzibar. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment

Ok, so I vowed to have a photo per day of my traveling, but an entry per day for the last several days would be just plain silly, as the kids say. I’ve been with fine and fun peoples—friends, peers, … Continue reading→

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Spices and Slaves: the Bread and Butter of Zanzibar

14 May ’11
By: expatmonkeyFiled under Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar. Tagged british, chains, church, oman, portuguese, slavery, tanzania, zanzibar. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

I’m not sure which is which. Continue reading→

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Zanzibar: Worth the 32-Hour Bus Ride and 3-Hour Ferry

13 May ’11
By: expatmonkeyFiled under Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar. Tagged hotel, indian ocean, sunset, tanzania, tembo, zanzibar. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

Ahhhhhhh (that’s supposed to indicate a happy sigh sound). Continue reading→

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Ah, Kili. I’d Know it Anywhere. Or is that Meru?

12 May ’11
By: expatmonkeyFiled under Africa, Tanzania. Tagged bus, dar es salaam, kilimanjaro, tanzania. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

I don’t know my extinct/dormant/imaginary volcanoes very well. Continue reading→

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