Having taken the 11-hour bus ride from Arusha to Dar es Salaam, I got into a cab to Bobby's place. Who is Bobby? Well, to back-track slightly, remember Jodi, who I met in Moshi and ran the first chunk of the half marathon? Well, we had established that she was staying in Dar with a guy named Bobby and I would be able to couch-surf there if I wanted as there was plenty of space. After struggling to find it (it turns out "Bobby's place" is not known to taxi drivers...

Jambo! Apologies for my lack of blogging, it's been a busy few weeks... I started my volunteering at Pippi House - I took it upon myself to look into fundraising opportunities for the foundation and created a rather basic but all-encompassing spreadsheet (Lucinda, you would be ashamed) of various fundraising sources. Seeing as I was starting from scratch and most formal charitable trusts want a clear breakdown of finances that the Pippi Foundation don't yet have...

It's been 2 weeks since I arrived in Tanzania and I have literally no idea where the time has gone! I arrived in the driving rain and spent most of the first couple of days chilling out and chatting to the fellow travellers. Since the Ujamaa Hostel works very closely with volunteering projects here in Arusha, most of the people staying here are volunteers who are staying for a few weeks. Nick and Amy from Seattle had just climbed Kilimanjaro and were working at...