Our home in area 47 of Lilongwe, Malawi.  Professor George set off very early this morning for his tobacco auction in a nearby city.  Our plans are to head…

We arrived in Lilongwe, Malawi. The first thing I noticed was that Malawi is much dryer than other parts of Africa that we have visited. When we left Tanzania, we left Eastern Africa,…

Today was another early morning.  We left our hotel when it was still dark, around 5:45am in the morning.  Zanzibar is a really safe place due to the high tourist population, but we still felt…

We decided late last evening that we would take a short trip to Zanzibar, the islands known as the African Spice Islands that are located right off the coast of Tanzania.  We took…

 Going to church in Africa is always a treat.  Today Andrew and I had the opportunity to attend church with Tom and Mariam in one of four branches in Dar Es Salaam.  The…

        We started our day with a delicious local breakfast of herbal tea, bread, and fruit prepared by Mariam.  The local experiences we have been having are incredible and I wouldn’t…

      We woke up today with the intentions of getting ourselves as close to Dar Es Salaam as possible.  We ate delicious fruit, yogurt, muesli, and breads for breakfast and then proceeded…

            We woke up today to the sound of monkeys above our tented lodge.  What is neat about staying in tented lodges in Africa is that you get to hear…

                I am actually very sad that we have to leave Abdul and his village.  We took the “African luxury coach” at 9:30 in the morning from Arusha to Tanga.…

   I often wonder how people with so little can be so giving.  Five of the nine people on our Kilimanjaro team live in a small village called Kahe, about one hour outside of…