Last weekend, I had to visit a lodge with regards to my work for Caracal Tours & Safaris. Too bad, as having to stay in ….
Author: marionspots
A hug, a bye, a ‘Karibuni sana’, a lump in my throat and that’s it. I’ll never get used to saying goodbye. As I live ….
I may have become a medical researcher, but from a young age I have had a fascination with volcanoes and aircraft. I could, and still ….
Research often goes hand in hand with traveling. We researchers we need to meet with other researchers, to visit conferences to get updated on your ….
This weekend I drove alone to Arusha with loud Bongo Flava music enjoying the green after-the-rain landscape with here and there a Maasai in his ….
Years ago, before I set foot on this continent, I read “The Golden Light of Africa” by Erna Gianotten. She describes the life of the ….
Every week I run up the Kilimanjaro. Well, from 900 meters altitude to maybe 1000 or 1010 meters or something. And it is pretty heavy, ….
The Maasai are perhaps the most famous people in Africa. With their red shuka (robe) and distinctive jewelry of beads living in the Great Rift ….
Years ago, I was one of them. Such a girl who wanted to do something good for the poor people in Africa. I can now ….
I do not know if it’s just me, but I’m not used to use a water hose in the toilet. The first years in Tanzania ….