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Holy Crap… I’m in Gombe Stream!!!

Holy Crap… I’m in Gombe Stream!!!

After a good nights sleep in the city center of Dar es Salaam again, I arose with the sun and made my way to the airport for a flight to Kigoma, clear on the opposite side of the country. Kigoma is a large, but relatively underdeveloped city, situated on the gorgeous shores of Lake Tanganyika, the second largest lake in Africa, and the deepest. On the other side of the lake sits the Democratic Republic of the Congo. My hotel…

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Holy Crap… I’m in Southern Tanzania!!!

Holy Crap… I’m in Southern Tanzania!!!

After climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, getting a long shower, a good nights sleep, and wishing my good friend Rachel a safe journey back home, I caught a short flight to Dar es Salaam on the beautiful Tanzanian coast. Dar es Salaam is not the capital of Tanzania, though it probably should be. It’s the biggest city in Tanzania and it’s where all the embassies are, while the government sits in the center of the country in Dodoma. There really isn’t a…

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Holy Crap… I’m in Arusha!!!

Holy Crap… I’m in Arusha!!!

Greetings, everyone, and welcome to the inaugural blog post of my new website. Even though I’ve been traveling quite a while, this is my first trip to Africa and I’m really excited about it so let’s dive in… There’s really not much to Arusha itself other than being a jumping off point for the famous northern safari circuit. It’s a bustling market town with some hotels and restaurants and LOTS of safari companies. The parking lot at the Kilimanjaro airport…

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