Tag Archives: Tanzania 08

"Tar a éis a thuigtear gach beart" ("It is afterwards that every event is understood.")

We did it! Ten of us met up in Dar es Salaam airport on the morning of the 6th of July and started on the long two-day bus journey to Songea in the far south. Having flown in from Dublin via London on a night flight, most of us were pretty groggy [...]
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Tanzania Blog

Ray here, things went really well for the Tanzanian team, we all got on well and got lots of teaching done! We had a lot of travelling as we set out from Dar es Selam and went 1000 km South to Songea. It was quite cold there. Then we went back to Dar and then on [...]
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First few days in Tanzania

Two days done and over a thousand kilometres travelled. Daunting as it sounds, it was actually quite pleasant. Doireann, Colin and Monica had gone to Tanzania a week ahead of the rest of the group to make arrangements for our trip. They hired a bus and were waiting for us at the airport on [...]
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Update – Team Tanzania

Hujambo! I’m Doireann and I’m a team coordinator for this year’s Tanzania team. Our departure date is fast approaching! There is so much to do and so little time!!! I was delighted to get my hardware exam done today even though there was a minor glitch or two For some unknown reason the computer wouldn’t [...]
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Tanzania – Update

Time is growing so short now that there is no choice but to really get to grips with preparing lessons and reading up on what’s ahead. Yesterday evening our group got together to consider the practicalities of getting from Dar Es Salaam to Tanga or to Mwanza or to Songea. There are huge distances involved and [...]
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