June 2009
19 posts
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Dar is awesome. We are looking for housing. Check both blogs for updates.
How is everyone doing back home?
First night out on the town in Dar. Met some interesting people along the way. There is the occasional crazy who is strung out and wants some money, but they aren’t mean about it. The vast majority of people are really really nice and will say hi to you on the street (either in Swahili or English). I’m thinking that we won’t have any problem getting along with people here.
The...
Tom and I made it safe and sound to Tanzania at about 730 local time (thats 10 hours ahead of West Coast USA time) this evening. As we left the plane and got onto the jetway we were greeted with a wall of humidity and heat. It is uncomfortable here at best, and it’s winter time. Yeesh.
We cleared customs with ease (getting a visa before we came saved us a solid 30 to 40 minutes waiting in...
We will be having a team blog for our TZ experience. I will probably still be blogging at this page, but if everything goes as planned, there will be good coverage of what’s going on at the other one as well.
Check it out at tublogulosis.tumblr.com
(not yet though, there’s nothing there yet)
Tom and I have been living the good life in CT in our little break before heading to TZ. We’ve been living with a friend of our professor who has been so hospitable and accomadating, opening her doors to complete strangers. Good people do still exist!
We’ve been getting around the city a fair amount, doing variety of different things. Spent the day in the Kirstenbosch Botanical...
This was my (overly obvious) theme song before we...
Things I’ve mastered here thus far:
Not having my camera with me when I want it and having it with me when I don’t want it.
Napping in broad daylight.
Being able to pallet instant coffee.
Using Afrikaans pleasantries (“How are you,” “Thanks,” etc.) and having it lead to people mistaking me as a someone who actually speaks the language. I awkwardly have to...
Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin…
Just about packed up here in the dorm. Tom and I will be having a last meal with the group and then will be motoring into Cape Town to our new digs for a few days.
It’s sad to bid Stellenbosch adieu, but it’s great that we are still staying in SA. We’ll have a few days to relax, gather our thoughts and prepare for the next leg of our...
On a programming note, I’ve been really quite miserable with keeping you fine people updated on my life. I’ll blame it on finals because for a time I hadn’t left my room for days at a time.
Additionally, internet will be hit and miss not only for the next few days, but for the next few months. But please keep tuned though, and I’ll keep you updated on what’s going...
In some wondrous Christmas miracle, I still have internet. The result? Got confirmation that Tom and I have had our flights changed and will be staying in SA until this coming Friday rather than leaving Sunday. Still no confirmed lodging yet, but it’s good to know what country we are going to be in this week.
On a different note, went out to dinner with David Bunn and Jane Taylor, the...
I’m senior now. Oh dear, that is scary. I’m feeling a tad bit old.
We are scheduled to leave for TZ on Sunday, but still trying to stay in SA for a few extra days. Our travel agent is incommunicado still though. My whereabouts for the next few days is wayyy up in the air.
Our internet is being cut off by the University at 1PM today. Unlike many modern men, I can survive without internet. Unfortunately, our travel plans haven’t been finalized yet. The result? There will be a lot of running around to internet cafes to make sure we have a bed to sleep in for the next few nights and a flight out of the country and into Tanzania.
Here’s to flying by the...
Finals: Equally stressful in the southern hemisphere.
Tom and I are trying to work out the logistics of staying in South Africa few days longer before we ship off to Tanzania. John doesn’t get there until the 22nd anyways, so we’d be living there for nearly 2 weeks before we met up with him.
Instead, we are now planning on maybe staying 5 more days here, while still having 5 days of lead time in Dar before John arrives.
Tom might also...
It should be noted that study abroad programs actually include some studying. I know I did a lot of traveling, site seeing and excursioning early in the trip without much in the way of books, pens or learning.
AU CONTRAIRE.
My weeks of seeing the country have come to an abrupt end as the quarter here comes to a close. Less than two weeks till this program is over. Unreal.
I’ve had to...
To bed at 3 AM and up by 7:30? The feels a little to much like Northwestern to me…
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Let’s hope they don’t make it to 18.
Here’s to global cooling!