On our first day in Tazania we learn how to make African batik, and check out a real working batik “factory” — and it’s not what we expected.
Category Archives: Tanzania
So much excitement in this house right now as we prepare for our next big(ish) trip: returning to Africa! SO. EXCITED! In about a month we return to the wonderful people, mind-blowing numbers of animals, and gorgeous, gorgeous fabrics of Tanzania! Only six weeks this time, rather than the 15 months of our Big Trip,
This is the trip that keeps on giving! Every day we talk about something that happened on the trip or something reminds us of the trip or we stand in the doorway wishing we were back on the trip…but yesterday the remember-the-trip-thing went to a whole new level! Our Tanzanian safari leader, the awesome Brian
You know at the end of the movie when they sometimes run a reel of bloopers or out-takes? Or maybe they act out something super silly and just tack it on after the credits to reward everyone for staying through to the very, very end? Well, we have a bunch of photos that maybe weren’t
Zanzibar. Just say it aloud, Zan-zii-baaaar….. it’s the coolest named place!! It just sounds exotic, and it is. Stepping into Stone Town is exactly like stepping back in time. Zanzibar is almost entirely Muslim, so robes and scarves are everywhere. The narrow, crazy roads of Stone Town, the old center of Zanzibar city, are like