Maji Moto

I spent Sunday with the girls out of Arusha. We drove a couple of hours out of town to an oasis called Maji Moto. The natural spring was turquoise and though we heard word that a momma croc and her babies were lurking in the shadows we managed to swim and return home unscathed.

Aoife, Lizzie, Sara, and Emily.

The swimming hole.




Can you spot the monkey?

The entire troop of monkeys were moving across the trees above our heads.

Happy baobab tree.

Sad baobab tree.

On the drive home we decided to stop at the polo club for sundowners. Prepare yourselves as the following photos are quite colonial. There is a huge schism that exists between the rampant poverty and the lingering evidence of the wazungu (white people's) colonial past. I have very mixed feelings about this and my place here and will dedicate a post to these thoughts at a later date when I have a better handle on both the situation and my feelings.

Pool house and pool.

Inside the club house.

Looking out at Lizzie and Emily

Kili revealed herself for the first time!

Not the best photo of anyone, but still we were having a lovely time.


And it ends as all days should, with more beautiful views of the African sky.

Daily Commute

In an effort to take and share more photos of my daily life I took a number of shots from the car on my way to Usa River today. It should not go without noting that I was dreadfully delinquent in capturing the true nature of the actual multi-use roadway.

Sunsets and Trees

There are so many reasons I fell in love with Tanzania that I would be remiss if I attempted to list them all. However, if I had to point to one thing that really sealed the deal it would have to be the "god skies," that occur daily.

Case in point

Sunset over rugby practice

Looking at the sky through the trees

More sky and more rugby

If you will be following this blog get ready for many more pictures of skies, sunsets, trees, and the grand daddy of them all- sunsets through trees!

Day 1

This afternoon I visited Usa River Academy. I will be spending every afternoon here leading an after school program. Given that these photos were taken within 5 minutes of arriving I think we should all get along.


I was only interesting to a point. As soon as the books came out everyone scattered




Fratern with three of the girls

Josh giving it a try

Usa River Academy

Another shot of the school grounds

Josh and the boys

Mathayo is the ham. He's going to be trouble!

Glory. She latched onto me and hardly let me go.

All in all, a great day. Update you more in the coming days.

In Arusha!

I have landed and am safe.
Here's proof

On the tarmac at Kilimanjaro Airport

Goodbye Tahoe

Today is my last day in Tahoe. So sad. Here are some of my favorite views from around the basin.

Early morning view of Emerald bay

Another shot of Emerald bay

View from the top of Summit at Alpine

Summit at Alpine

Sherwood forest at Alpine

My favorite meadow on the road to Incline

Another view of the meadow

My drive to work

The top of Carson pass leaving Kirkwood

Caples Lake

Driving home from Kirkwood

More beauty

Brother looking down at the Kirkwood valley

Blue moon