Habari Rafiki? Tuna Furaha!
Mandy and Colin here! We are hanging out in Portland, Oregon getting ready for our awesome semester with ya’ll! As you can see below we are a playful pun-ee pear and are excited to share. Oregon has been great, East Africa is going to be better!!!!!!!!!
‘Asante sana, squash banana, we we nuga, mi mi apana’
–Dyco (manDY and COlin)… Read More
Dearest Families, Friends and our Beloved Students,
We are sitting here in Dar es Salaam, lamenting the recent departure of our little Nkula family but also celebrating the completion of a beautiful semester. 3 months, 3 countries, 10 incredible people – what a journey it’s been! We’ve been honored to learn, play, grow, and laugh with each of you. We also want to extend a deep-felt gratitude to family and… Read More
As our students are flying through the hemispheres on their way to their next adventures, we wanted to post this last blog written by Savannah on her final day here in Dar Es Salaam (we had some power outage issues, so she determinedly typed it up on the Carpe iPhone so we could post it later). Check back in later for a final blog from the leaders, and we are … Read More
Hello Parents and followers of Carpe Diem NKULA East Africa blog,
We just received word from Colin and Avy that the students have departed for their journey back home, with some students staying in Europe for personal travels.
This marks the end of this program, but not the end to the growth, friendships, and knowledge gained during these past 3 months. We (including Colin and Avy) wish the best for… Read More
Attention ladies and gentlemen: This will be a LONG blog post. Consider yourself warned.
Our first week in Tanzania, we were handed a map and a budget and told to plan six days ofour trip. With little guidelines other than nothing illegal and no leaving the country (though we pushed the latter), we dove in, eventually arriving on a pretty awesome plan, if I do say so myself.
The day… Read More
After a few nice free days in Iringa filled with shopping and fast internet we were ready to begin our safari. We were all stoked to be going to Ruaha National Park, the second largest National Park in Africa! Our journey began hopping in a sick Land Rover Safari Station Wagon and a three hour drive to Ruaha. We all fell in love with Iringa yogurt so we bought a… Read More
Habari to everyone back home and all over this beautiful world! This is Mackenzie, typing here in Africa, or, to be more specific, in Iringa cafe in Iringa, Tanzania! We have traveled back from a long week of hard and intense work. It has been the hardest week (physically) for everyone by far. We were located in Mufindi, where we had the opportunity to work with Fox NGO and see… Read More
Habari!
Hey everybody how is it going in the states?
I’m taking some time to reflect a few weeks back when the NKULA group first got to Tanzania.
It was a quick plane ride in from Rwanda. There was a shortstop in Kenya where we all got off the airplane and got a quick spray of freshness at the perfume store in the airport. All smelling like we just came… Read More
Last week our Nkula group drove to Rwanda from Uganda. We immediately felt a difference as the dusty red road turned to smooth pavement over the border. The drive itself was probably the easiest thus far because we were in a private bus, not packed with a zillion other people.
We entered Kigali (the nations capitol), and were taken back by the infrastructure. There were sky scrapers, side walks, and… Read More
The whole crew on our last day in Uganda!
Love to all from Rwanda, “the land of 1,000 hills.” We appreciate all of you who are following our journey and equally appreciate all of your patience with the sometimes-slow internet connections out here in East Africa that can make posting images difficult. We wanted to take advantage of a faster connection to throw up a few f or… Read More
Today we arrived in Rwanda, and I bet you’d like to hear all about this beautiful country. Well today’s not your lucky day because I’m not here to tell you what you want to hear, I’m here to keep it real.
Honestly if I were to tell you about Rwanda after being here only a short 3 hours I’d be doing you a disservice. With that said I’ll keep it… Read More
Our group recently left the Ziwa rhino sanctuary. Obviously during our week long stay we spent a decent amount of time observing rhinos and other wild game. I remember the first animal we saw was a bush back antelope, but for the longest time everyone was calling it a bush bark.
Anyhow, as the days progressed the group grew closer. This tends to happen when you have amazing people around… Read More
From the crazy city of Kampala, to the quaint small town of Kabale, it’s safe to say we are getting the best of Uganda. A long bus ride from Kampala to Kabale of course didn’t go uneventful, Colin got puked on from the person in front of him, bad choice on that window seat…
We settled in the dorms of the Edirisa Hostile and met other travelers from all around… Read More
Today the Africa nkula cohort took a trip to a local mosque. To our surprise the mosque was funded by the well-known dictator Gaddafi. In a city so small and broken down to see a mosque as eloquent as this I’m sure it forced everyone to think. Personally, I thought that the money could have gone to better use but the sites were breathtaking.
The guide showed us around the… Read More
Home is often difficult to find when traveling through two or three cities a week. For our Nkula group, I could safely say we all felt at home the past few days with our House Mama, Mama Flo.
To some, our schedule may have seemed routine: Swahili classes in the morning (my personal favorite), painting a mural for Buwenda Preschool in the afternoon, and relaxation with our extraordinary Mama and… Read More
A view of the Nile River.[/caption
Oliotia! A lot has happened since our scavenger hunt! We’ve left Entebbe and, after a three hour matatu ride, arrived in Jinja, an amazing town on the Nile. A small path leads from our guest house to the riverfront and, at night, the relaxing sound of water puts us to sleep. We’ve experienced a lot in the past three days! For starters:
We’ve had… Read More
