Hi everyone and welcome from Zanzibar, a sandy island off the tanzanian coast, mostly covered in white sand from the nearby reef. Cat and i have had an exciting last 2 weeks, The lady has now finished her placement in Moshi, and I finally convinced her to go on safari, So we spent 4 days at the Sarengitti, Ngorongora and Lake Manyara, where we saw lots on beautiful things like elephants going to the toilet, etc etc. in short we saw most things including lions b...

hey Everyone Still having a fantastic time in Africa. Am still in Moshi, I can't believe my placement is almost over - I finish on Friday, it seems to have flown by! Have had quite a hectic week with placement and various things in the afternoons - on Wednesday we went to paint one of the nursery schools. Well, we tried to go paint the nursery, but when we got there the school had provided us with 2 paintbrushes and one roller (no rolling try!) for 6 of us to us...

Hey It's the end of my first week in moshi and am having a great time. I started my placement on Monday at the secondary school, and was walked to the school by the staff from art in Tanzania. It took an hour to walk to school, and we have to walk through loads of different villages to get there. Although it took an hour to get there I really didn't mind the walk as it was great to see different parts of Moshi, and the villages aren't as touristy as the town, an...

Hi Everyone Have arrived safe and sound in Tanzania. Got here on Friday after a very long flight from Heathrow - when I got to the airport I found out that we were stopping off in Rome to collect more passengers, then had to change planes in Ethiopia, then stopped in Nairobi to pick up more passengers, and eventually got to Kilimanjaro airport 15 hours later! Was quite cool going to more countries than I expected, and the change at Ethiopia wasn't as difficult...

Hi Everyone Just a quick bog post to say hi/bye before I fly out. I'm going to London tomorrow afternoon and staying with Jen and Becki, then flying from London to Tanzania via Ethiopia on Thursday. Am very excited about setting off, although it all still seems quite surreal! I'll be teaching English in Tanzania for 3 weeks before Phil meets me, and then we have 3 weeks to travel Tanzania/Zanzibar. Am really looking forward to starting teaching and meeting th...