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Tanzania
Maasai initiation
Initiate
In the road to serengeti
Tanzania
July 7, 2012
Canon Rebel T1i
On the move
Sticking with the Maasai
Maddie, initiate, and Alex
July, 2012
Initiate
Serengeti highway
Tanzania
July 10, 2012
Canon 50D
Serengeti highway
Tanzania
July 10, 2012
Canon 50D
Serengeti highway
July, 2012
Initiate and Darwin
Serengeti highway
July, 2012
Darwin and initiate
Serengeti highway
Tanzania
July 10, 2012
Canon 50D
Maasai boma
Boma sweet boma
On the slopes of Ngorongoro
July, 2012
Waterfall hike
New friends
Young girl
Waterfall hike
Arusha, Tanzania
July 26, 2012
Canon 50D
iPhone picture pictured
Alaina and Kelly - go with the flow
Waterfall hike
June 27, 2012
Bob and Trevor
Alaina, Kelly, Trevor, Alex - watered down
Group hiking
Trevor!
Trevor Kalkus
Arusha, Tanzania
July 26, 2012
Canon 50D
Kelly
Kelly Gregg
Arusha, Tanzania
July 26, 2012
Canon 50D
Selamile in the river
Selamile
Arusha, Tanzania
July 27, 2012
Canon Powershot D10
Group on stage
Class
Powerpoint in the village
Venussa and Alex
Tanzania
July, 2012
Tanzanzite and Child Labor
Class with Alex
July, 2012
Class with Dr. Jacobson
Tuberculosis
Maasai tiles
Selian Hospital
Arusha, Tanzania
June 29, 2012
Canon rebel T1i
Bob
Look who is looking over Bob's shoulder.
Mama Lydia's
Arusha
July, 2012
Bob at the UN
Bob goes skulling in Tanzania
Elephant skull
Tarangire entrance
Tanzania
July 10, 2012
Canon Rebel T1i
When Bob met Obama at "the hash"
The Hash
Arusha
June 29, 2012
Helping with some local construction
Waterfall hike
Arusha
June, 2012
Hangin' with the zebes
Ngorongoro camp
July, 2012
Safari ex-spear-ience
Fellow travelers
Lan Anh on safari
July, 2012
Jared in the village
July, 2012
Meg on safari
On Safari
Tanzania
July 12, 2012
Canon 50D
Joe on safari
On safari
July, 2012
Kelly presents
Kelly Gregg
On safari
July, 2012
Sianga befriends a C-leon
Tanzania
July 6, 2012
Canon 50D
Maasai, Oldupai, evolution guy
Sianga and Charles
July, 2012
Group at Oldupai
Sianga and Charles
July, 2012
Batook
Batook
July, 2012
Usa River
Joseph
Joseph Kitia, former mayor of Usa River.
Joseph is a remarkable person - someone of vast and diverse knowledge, a true humanitarian, and a visionary.
I was also struck by his warmth and generosity.
Usa River
Tanzania
July 2, 2012
Canon Rebel T1i
Itchy, itchy chickenpox
Usa River
Tanzania
July 2, 2012
Canon Rebel T1i
UAACC
Usa River
Tanzania
July 2, 2012
Canon Rebel T1i
Pete, Charlotte, and group
UAACC
Usa River
Tanzania
July 2, 2012
Chuckie, Pete and Bob
Usa River
July 2, 2012
David Read with Annie, Maddie, and Dan
Usa River
July 2, 2012
Darwin and cat
David Read's house
Usa River
July 2, 2012
A butter way of making food
Trevor! goes Maasai
Women's Cooperative
Usa River
Tanzania
July 5, 2012
Canon 50D
Boy
Orphanage
Usa River
Tanzania
June 28, 2012
Canon Rebel T1i
The roof of Africa
Kilimanjaro
En route to David Read's house
Tanzania
July 2, 2012
Fourth of July
Happy birthday USA (river)
Bob independently takes the cake
Arusha town
Flavor of the day: Arusha Rocky Road
Arusha cemetery
Arusha cemetery
Tanzania
June 26, 2012
Here rests Ahmed
Arusha cemetery
Tanzania
June 26, 2012
Tombstone
Cemetery
Arusha, Tanzania
Tanzania
July 26, 2012
Canon 50D
Pollenated bee
Arusha cemetery
Tanzania
June 26, 2012
Yellow, black, and pink
Butterfly
Arusha cemetery
June 26, 2012
Village life
River's edge
Biofuel
Tanzania
July 6, 2012
Canon 50D
Window
Door
Tanzania
July 6, 2012
Canon 50D
Mud wall
Putting the cart before the man
Usa River
Tanzania
July 5, 2012
Canon 50D
Bananas in a tree
Homestay bros
Abraham Peter
Mount Meru
Tanzania
July 8, 2012
Canon Rebel T1i
Happy
Smiling
Tanzania
June 27, 2012
Canon Rebel T1i
Waiting
Smiling
A wheel good time
Tanzania
June 27, 2012
Canon Rebel T1i
Child
Sustenance
Bunny - sustenance?
Link to rabbits
Meru
Ilkading'ga
Tanzania
July, 2012
Grace shop
July, 2012
Selian Hospital grounds
July, 2012
Safari
My mane man
Alert
You can't hide those lion eyes
The descent of lion
Collared
Ele play
Cape-a-bull
Cape buffalo
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Cape buffalo
Serengeti
Tanzania
July 13, 2012
Canon 50D
Nosy bird
Cape buffalo
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Hi, High, Hy
Hyena
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Zebras on the move
Zebra
Zebra
Zebra
Serengeti
Tanzania
July 10, 2012
Canon 50D
Giraffe running
July, 2012
Giraffe running
July, 2012
Three giraffe
July, 2012
Safari
Canon 50D
Hippo
Hippo
Heaps of Hippos
Hyrax
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
At hyr resolution
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Self-portrait
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Contemplation
Manyara entrance
July, 2012
And self-reflection
Manyara entrance
July, 2012
Getting tick offed
Vervet monkeys
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Looking bluish
Vervet monkey
aka "blue balls"
Serengeti
July, 2012
Practicing bipedalism - "look ma, no hands"
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Mouse
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Tarangire entrance
Trevor! and Meg
Tarangire
July, 2012
Birds
Lamprotornis superbus
July, 2012
Hildebrandt's starling
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Family Sturnidae
July, 2012
Plover royalty
Crowned Lapwing or Crowned Plover (Vanellus coronatus)
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Fishing royalty
Kingfisher
Striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)
July, 2012
Cranial royality
Crowned cranes
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Zazu
Hornbill
Serengeti
Tanzania
July 12, 2012
Canon 50D
Power step
Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Reflection
Crowned Lapwing or Crowner Plover (Vanellus coronatus)
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Marabou eye
Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
July, 2012
Saddled
Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
Serengeti
Tanzania
July 13, 2012
Hammerhead
Hammerkopf ((Scopus umbretta))
Serengeti
July, 2012
Vulture in flight
White-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)
Serengeti
Tanzania
July 13, 2012
Two raptors
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Guinea fowl
Serengeti
July, 2012
Ibis
Mama Lydia's
Arusha
July, 2012
Variable sunbird
Cinnyris venustus
Usa River
July 2, 2012
Struttin' her stuff
July, 2012
Reptiles
Agama
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Hey Trevor! Look.
Leopard Tortoise
Stigmochelys pardalis
Family: Testudinidae
Arusha Museum
July, 2012
Snake skin
Tarangire entrance
July, 2012
Bugs
Fly on vervet poop
Tarangire
July, 2012
Butterfly
Tarangire
July, 2012
Butterfly
Dark blue pansy (Junonia oenone)
Arusha, Tanzania
July 26, 2012
Canon 50D
Spittlebug
Tanzania
July 11, 2012
Canon Rebel T1i
Mantis
Mantis
Arusha, Tanzania
July 26, 2012
Canon 50D
Grasshopper
Grasshopper
Arusha, Tanzania
July 26, 2012
Canon 50D
"Slimy yet satisfying"
Quoth the Pumba
Grub
July, 2012
Flora
Serenge-tree
Tanzania
July, 2012
Serenge-tree decolorized
July, 2012
The experience was intense
July, 2012
Flora
Sausage tree
Kigelia africana
July 10, 2012
Canon 50D
Art
Roadside art
Tanzania
July, 2012
Facing art
Tanzania
July 14, 2012
Canon Rebel T1i
Landscape
Kopje
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Pride Rock
Serengeti
Tanzania
July, 2012
Sunset
Serengeti sunset
Serengeti
Tanzania
July 11, 2012
Canon 50D
Tanzania itinerary - June, 2012 - July, 2012
- under construction
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June 26, 2012
- Morning discussion at Mama Lydia's
- Arusha Town - scavenger hunt
- Swahili lesson
- Opening dinner
- Students stay at Centre House
- I stay at Mama Lydia's
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June 27, 2012
- Arusha Waterfall hike
- Monkey's in trees
- Dinner at Khan's BBQ
- Students stay at Centre House
- I stay at Mama Lydia's
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June 28, 2012
- Drive to Usa River
- Tour of the Orphanage by Macon and Miller Bianucci
- Speaker from Foundation for Tomorrow
- Students picked up by urban homestay families
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June 29, 2012
- Tour of the Selian Hospital
- Tour of Arusha Lutheran Medican Center (ALMC)
- Meet with Dr. Jacobson
- Lunch at Café Aziz in Arusha
- Fall and injury my right thigh
- Swahili Lesson
- Meet at Mango Hut for Hash departure
- The Hash - I did not participate - found some ice to put on my contusion
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June 30, 2012
- Discussion of HIV in Tanzania
- Alex Mziry
- Simon
- Lunch at Via Via - very slow
- Meg's presenation on Tanzanite
- Swahili lesson
- Discussion about the day and homestays
- Students return to urban homestay families
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July 1, 2012
- Aditya presentation on the Dar EsSalaam Bombing
- Alex Heaney's presentation on Malaria
- Dr. Babu discusses DOTS
- Last Swahili lesson
- Students return to urban homestay families
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July 2, 2012 to Usa River
- Joseph - Upendo Primary School
- Visit Joseph's house
- UAACC lunch - Pete and Charlotte O'Neal
- Jifundishe Library
- Walk to David Read's house
- David Read - discussion of Maasai culture and growing up among the Maasai
- Daladala and cars back to Arusha
- Students return to urban homestay families
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July 3, 2012
- ICTR
- Lunch at Maasai Pizza
- Student's move out of urban homestays
- Dinner at Impala Hotel
- Students stay at Centre House
- I stay at Mama Lydia's
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July 4, 2012
- SIC office
- Annie Smartt's presentation on refugees
- Erwin Kinsey from Heifer International talk on agriculture
- Selamile's presentation on M-Pesa
- Fourth of July Dinner and party, students prepared meal at Centre House including flag cake
- Students stay at Centre House
- I stay at Mama Lydia's
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July 5, 2012
- Women's Cooperative in Usa River
- Demonstration of coffee and cheese making
- We all move into rural homestays
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July 6, 2012
- Off-grid Electric with Xavier
- SIC office
- Lunch at Police Officer's Mess
- Peter Lindstrom discussed Nature Conservancy
- Emily Mitchell's presentation on vaccines
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July 7, 2012
- Drive to Maasai Village
- Stop at The Crater on the way - have picnic lunch
- Maasai Circumcision Ceremony
- Feast on freshly slaughtered cow
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July 8, 2012
- Meet under "the big tree" in church yard
- Venussa's presentation on education
- Alex Martinez presentation
- Lunch at Green Hut in Arusha
- Afternoon at rural homestay
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July 9, 2012
- Depart rural homestays
- Jared Naimark's Land Grab presentation
- Lunch at Milk and Honey
- Trevor! presentation on the Hadzabe
- Dinner at Nick's Chicken
- Group shots of springbok
- Students stay at Centre House
- I stay at Mama Lydia's
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July 10, 2012 - safari
- Leave Centre House for Safari
- Tarangeri National Park
- Camping at Paradise Camp
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July 11, 2012 - Safari
- Tarangire to Ngorongoro Crater
- Lunch in the Crater
- Drive onto Serengeti
- Camping at Serenera
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July 12, 2012 - Safari
- Serengeti game drive in morning
- lunch in camp
- Kelly Gregg's presentation
- Lanahn Le's presentation
- Game drive and hippo pool in afternoon
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July 13, 2012
- Serengeti in the morning
- Olduvai (Oldupai) Overlook, talk, and museum
- Crater Campsite
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July 14, 2012
- Explore Ngorongoro Crater
- Return to Arusha
- Dinner at Pepe's
- Students stay at Centre House
- I stay at Mama Lydia's
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July 15, 2012
- Alaina's presentation
- Final Reflections
Participants
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Alaina Butler
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Megan D'Aguiar
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Selamile Dlamini
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Joe Getsy
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Kelly Gregg
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Alexandra Heaney
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Trevor Kalkus
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Lananh Le
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Alex Martinez
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Emily Mitchell
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Jared Naimark
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Venussa Poovudikhul
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Aaditya Shidham
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Maddie Rich
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Annie Smartt
Teaching Assistant
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Dan Tuttle
Acknowledgements:
With sincere thanks to my wonderful fellow travelers and especially to Dan Tuttle, my amazing teaching assistant.
And to Stanford, of course, who made it all possible.
And to all the incredibly people who helped us in Tanzania - too many to list!
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Created: July 19, 2012
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