Tag: Tanzania

For the Love of Camping, Part Two

Welcome to For the Love of Camping, the three-part series journeying from my family’s stance against camping to my desire to get everyone camping, so they can enjoy it as much as we do. In Part One of the series, I explained how camping didn’t fit growing up Black and suburban in the ’80s and… Continue reading For the Love of Camping, Part Two

From Sunrise to Summit: The Tanzania Chronicles #9

The greatest trick that Casey Palmer ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn’t exist. Or… he just worked a week with 40 hours of overtime and had no time to blog. You decide which story is real. Okay, as a premise to this post, I’ve been informed by reliable sources that I no… Continue reading From Sunrise to Summit: The Tanzania Chronicles #9

Kili Tried to Kill Me!!!: The Tanzania Chronicles #8

DAY TWO Machame—Shira Two Hike: 5 km 3022m—3830m 5-6 hours “The words steep, rocky and dusty are out adjectives for the day as we leave the grassland behind and enter a barer landscape. We make our way slowly upward with a backdrop of Giant Senecias—today is a great introduction to how we will need to… Continue reading Kili Tried to Kill Me!!!: The Tanzania Chronicles #8

One Does Not Simply CLIMB Kilimanjaro!!!

It had all started so optimistically. We settled our bill at Imani, which included a free ride to the Zanzibar airport (which was amazing after all the taxi-related debacles). After getting through customs (where the customs officer gave me quite the strange look when she saw my tripod—I think she thought it was something else),… Continue reading One Does Not Simply CLIMB Kilimanjaro!!!

‘cross Waters from Dar and Strange Men in Cars | Zanzibar

So we woke up in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city—a fate it shares with Toronto in that it’s the largest, but not its country’s capital city. Dar es Salaam had cultural undertones that gave the city a bit of an edge to it after dark—like the fact that you wouldn’t see any women in public… Continue reading ‘cross Waters from Dar and Strange Men in Cars | Zanzibar

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