Hello! I have arrived back in Arusha to do my research on cultural and indigenous tourism!! Clara is with me for a few days before going to Mwanza to visit her grandmother. For the next couple of days I\'m just going to be sorting out a decent place for me to stay long term (I\'m getting tired of living out of a back pack), visiting the villages, collecting my questionnaires, and interviewing locals, tour quides, and tourists. Wish me luck as there seems to be...

Hi Everyone! I'm back in Arusha with Tom waiting to go on Safari tomorrow!!! So Tom made it safely in Dar and we walked around yesterday and did some errands. Tom met some friends to talk about football (yes even in Dar he can talk about Liverpool) and hold his hand!! Haha..men if Africa like to hold hands and Tom (who is British and therefore hates any kind of human contact but from me) almost died. Today we flew to Arusha (check out the plane pics of M...

I'm Arusha now trying to do a little mini-ethnographic study to help for my final research plan before Tom gets here. I befriended a local tour guide (my first interview!) and he took me out to the local villages of the maasai! where the children called me mzungu over and over and thought I was hilarious. one child literally held in his laugh as a walked by and and busted out laughing after i pass...I guess I am a funny sight!! we also visited a village school ...