by Kate Gentry | Nov 1, 2025
Tanzania has the reputation of being the peaceful sub-Saharan African country – people here prize getting along and avoiding conflict – or so we were told. The national elections on October 29th were supposed to be peaceful. We heard that the incumbent was all but...
by Kate Gentry | Oct 21, 2025
We’ve spent over a week in Zanzibar- the beach getaway place for tourists. It is still subject to the same lack of modernization that the mainland is, however, being on a lovely island with the Indian Ocean lapping on the sand, it is easier to forgive and...
by Kate Gentry | Oct 17, 2025
We know the indeterminate amount of time is months and we know that we will mostly be in warm to hot climates (except for the mountain climbing). We decided to use our carry-on TravelPro luggage (a medium sized carry-on in the United States). I debated about the issue...
by Kate Gentry | 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...
by Kate Gentry | 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...
by Kate Gentry | 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...
