After an uneventful 24+ hours of travelling, I made it safely to Tanzania. A lot of supplies made the trip with me, as you can see below.
Admittedly, the top three bags were mine.
I’m settling in nicely, learning more Kiswahili, and seeing many interesting plants and critters.
There are geckos outside (and sometimes inside) my room.
I’ve visited two fields sites since arriving. The weather is beautiful and due to the rainy season, everything is lush and green.
The path to one field site
I got to see some tomato seedling nurseries and even got to try my hand at establishing a nursery for some new tomato seedlings.
Raised bed tomato seedling nursery
- Clearing plants from the field for the nursery
Preparing the soil for the nursery. The farmer kept telling me in Kiswahili to mix the soil (that needed some translating for me to understand).
We wrapped up one field visit by eating some nyama choma (meat slowly roasted over charcoal). All in all, my first week in Tanzania was productive, informative, and exciting!
Nyama choma, delicious, but slight chewy!
Yea! Anna, Glad you got there safe and that the rainy season is over and the skies are blue and beautiful. Enjoy yourself learning and living in the big World of Tanzania! Angie
Great pictures!!!! Great adventure 🙂 Beautifull blog
Anna! It looks like you’re having a great time. Glad you made it safely and everything seems to be going well! We miss you!
Hey, dude – this is CRAZY cool and I love it that I can see what you’re getting up to over there. It’s pretty amazing and I’m so proud of you! Keep the posts coming, so glad you’re doing well. 🙂
We’re all so proud of you! What a wonderful experience for you – and vicariously for us! Thanks for your blogging, and especially the terrific photos.