December 14th, 2005

Where did I leave off? Oh yes, at our failed attempts to subtly take seats at the back of the church in Mbakalo. All eyes on us. “They can tell I’m Jewish,” I whispered nervously ...
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December 13th, 2005

My dad told me a few weeks ago that he had a contact in Kenya. I had never met Vicky – his friend from college, and didn’t know anything about SOTENI – an HIV/AIDS organization th...
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December 9th, 2005

Zanzibar is the kind of place where you don’t feel guilty for just lounging around a bit. In fact, you’re supposed to. Hence the last post.
Tanya and I didn’t just sit arou...
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December 6th, 2005

The more we read about Kenya, the less appealing the country sounded. It seemed the main attractions are the game reserves, and Tanya and I are fairly safarid out by this time. Furth...
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December 5th, 2005

The 2 days of safaris were separated by a walk around Manyara, a small town with over 120 tribes from Tanzania and Kenya, and just as many different types of bananas. Although our...
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December 4th, 2005

A month of safaris in Africa has spoiled us. A zebra? Seen hundreds. Elephants? All sizes. The blue butts of baboons? Okay, so that still gets me every time. The point is: our stan...
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