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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Back home safely

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Susan picked me up at the airport at 3pm, It had been 36 hours since I left the hotel in Dar and I hadn't managed to sleep on the flight...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Last Day in Dar es Salaam

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I promised myself that when I returned to Dar, I would comeback to Coco Beach to sit and relax with a beer. In the City it was 33 degrees;...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Fresh Fruit

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I went for a walk in the back streets behind the Peacock hotel and the markets were alive with traders, crafts people, and artists. I love...
Monday, December 11, 2017

Security

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Tanzania is a non-violent nation and Mbeya is a very safe town; but the banks still have there own security guards. On my daily walk, I of...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

Utengule Coffee Lodge

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The District manager at SIDO, Mr Henrick took me out to a lodge 30 minutes out of Mbeya. It was a different world. Settled in the hills wi...
Saturday, December 9, 2017

Roadside Hair Salon

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Took this photo from the car window when we stopped to buy carrots. Not sure whether it was a formal session; but they were creating some ...
Friday, December 8, 2017

Solo's family

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On the way home today Solo invited me to go to his home and meet his family. he lives about 20 minutes by car from the office but most of i...
Thursday, December 7, 2017

Training in Finnacial managemnt

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In all, I ended up doing 4 days of training in a classroom setting - 2 in a larger venue  and two this week at the SIDO office meeting roo...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

The course

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I taught again today. I wasn't actually sitting while I taught; but when it was over Humila wanted a picture of me with the flip chart...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

A blessing

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We went to visit a soap manufacturer in the market and this little girl was playing outside. When we came out, she was giggling and I aske...
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A grand old gentleman

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I needed to know how the sunflower oil business works in Mbeya. They don't grow a lot of sunflowers in the area, the costs of seed see...
Monday, December 4, 2017

Bajaji ride

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I wanted to visit some businesses in the industrial area and Solo was picking someone up at the airport. We had to get a Bajaji. I'd s...
Sunday, December 3, 2017

You can carry anything on a motor-bike

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On the drive down to the lake we saw amazing methods of transporting produce, building materials and everything else necessary for life he...
Saturday, December 2, 2017

Lake Nyasa

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Lake Nyasa, also known as Lake Malawi is 150 km south of here. Malawi claims that all of the lake lies within its territory while Tanza...
Friday, December 1, 2017

This is a beautiful country

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Fixing a flat tire

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We were delayed because of a flat tire. Solo quickly switched in the spare (there's a reason they are attacked to the back door) and d...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Humila

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Humila, or Ummy as she prefers to be called is the SIDO development officer who is setting up all my work. She organizes the training sessi...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Paddy processing

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I am here to work with small businesses that operate in Mbeya. One cluster of businesses that SIDO works with are the paddy processors. Th...
Monday, November 27, 2017

Mbeya at last

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It's only a 90 minute flight to Mbeya; but a very different place than Dar. It was 37 degrees celsius when I left and a comfortable...
Sunday, November 26, 2017

Dar es Salaam

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Dar es Salaam is a big City with luxory hotels alongside visible poverty. I'm just here for the night, so didn't get much chance t...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Layover in Dubai

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I am in Dubai on a 12 hour layover, which has given me the chance to get a good night's sleep and breakfast at the local version of th...
Friday, November 24, 2017

On my way

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Katerina took a photo of my bags before i left just in case l have to identify them later. I'm still at  Victoria airport waiting to bo...
Sunday, November 19, 2017

Getting there

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Its a long way from Victoria to Tanzania. 9,432 miles in fact and there are no easy routes. I have chosen to via Seattle and Dubai. I could ...
Saturday, November 18, 2017

About SIDO

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The Small Industries Development Organization (SIDO) was established with a mission to promote the development of small-scale indust...
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Friday, November 17, 2017

The City of Mbeya

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Mbeya is a city located in southwest Tanzania, Africa. Mbeya's urban population was 280,000 in 2005. Mbeya is the capital of the surr...
Thursday, November 16, 2017

Where is Tanzania?

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Tanzania is one of the larger countries in Africa with a million square kilometers and 52 million people. It borders on eight other counti...