The holiday season is particularly saturated for December birthdays, like me. Historically, the moment November strikes, I begin the countdown to my birthday which is accompanied by an implied excitement for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. I am generally able to remember when it becomes November because cold weather blows in and signals an upcoming [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Dar es Salaam’
August 5, 2008
Where are you going? I assure you, I don’t know
As an English major in college I developed a compulsion to write according to themes with well thought-out arguments and conclusions. I am now finding that this writing requirement is seriously hindering my ability to produce blog entries. My life here is composed less of themes than of random acts and unplanned experiences. In an [...]
July 26, 2008
Live, from Dar!
My 40+ hours of travel have come to a close and I’m now in Dar Es Salaam for approximately my 17th hour. At this point, I’d have to say that my journey here was more riveting than anything I’ve done post-arrival (as in, so far I’ve slept under a mosquito net, eaten some chicken, drank [...]
