Tanzania Desperately Needs Modernization

by | Oct 16, 2025

Having been in Tanzania now for a month, and having been recently impacted by a particularly bad streak of circumstances, makes me wonder how this country can work its way out of the lack of modernization and unreliable resources. Tanzania is a hot tourist spot...

Check-In: How are we doing?

by | Oct 6, 2025

We’ve been in Tanzania about 3 weeks. It has been a busy 3 weeks – climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and going on Safari. We’ve been in the north eastern part of Tanzania. Arusha is a town of about ½ million people and is very focused on tourism since it is the...

Climb to the Top!

by | Oct 1, 2025

One of our objectives here in Africa was to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro – a free standing volcanic (dormant) mountain in the northern part of Tanzania. It is 19, 341 feet high. Mike researched routes and guide companies and found Climb Kili to get us to the top. It is...

Adapting

by | Sep 27, 2025

We landed in Tanzania at Kilimanjaro Airport and although we felt prepared for the chaos of acquiring the Visa at the airport, getting Tanzanian shillings and dealing with the onslought of taxi drivers, you never know what curveballs you will encounter. We had...

It’s Happening!

by | Sep 15, 2025

There is a lot to unpack with those innocuous words “It’s Happening”. I have been reflecting a lot on how we are now launching into our nomadic world phase of life. We don’t know what to expect, but we’re excited and open-minded. We do...

Very excited

by | Sep 14, 2025

One day to go! I am new to this blogging Website that Mike spent many hours putting together — Thanks, honey! I then asked him for my own blog area which turned into many more hours of work for Mike to set-up. But it is in place and I need to get my blogging...