Safari, Part 2
We stood staring out over the Serengeti, squinting behind out sunglasses as we barreled along into the wind and dust, the car dodging around on the unpaved rutted road. We…
Category: Destinations
Summer is Coming
We just started Season 6 of Game of Thrones. Our march through the epic drama somehow marks our time in Tanzania. We started watching in earnest when we moved into…
Safari, Part 1
The driver cut the engine, the roar of the Land Rover dissipating as it stopped in the middle of the road. It seemed silent at first but then the chatter…
Stonetown, Zanzibar
At the end of September we took our first much anticipated trip to Zanzibar. Ever since learning about SEED Global Health I began dreaming of visiting Zanzibar’s tropical and exotic…
Photo Blog: The Apartment
In GHSP, housing is the responsibility of host institutions, and ours has done a great job putting us up in university-owned apartments. Our building is 4 stories and within a…
Work Life in Tanzania
Long story short, we are here to work. Sure we’ll hit up Zanzibar, a safari, and maybe climb a mountain, but we signed up with GHSP to use our medical…
Tanzanian Homestay
When you are in the traditional 27-month long Peace Corps program, a homestay entails living with a family for three months while you learn how to do daily activities of…
Dodoma Life
Life in Tanzania is feeling remarkably normal. We’ve been living in Dodoma for two weeks now, which apparently is long enough to feel like life is simple- maybe even boring,…
A Peace Corps Primer
Today we arrived in Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania and fourth largest city with a population of just over 400,000, after a 10 hour bus ride through the beautiful countryside. We’ll…