Saturday, 31 May 2014

Mwanza-Kilimanjaro-Nairobi




I guess this is Mt Kilimanjaro

stop over at Kilimanjaro International Airport


Mt Meru

Friday, 30 May 2014

Driving back from Shinyanga to Mwanza


reaching Mwanza before sunset

one of the several cement factories in Mwanza

downtown Mwanza



the view from my hotel room :)



School girls walking back home ("shule" in Swahili, a trace of the XIXth century German colonisation)


long distance bus


breathtaking spaces

oops, the road stops here.

but continues further on

I have fallen in love with baobabs.

one of the numerous cotton fields.


another "rock city"



Crossing a village





clothes shop


rock formation in the back

Thursday, 29 May 2014

from Shinyanga to Meatu District

Field trip today to run a short pilot of the programme. We are driving East to Meatu District, Simiyu Region.
"free zone" where everybody is allowed to pick up… diamonds!

a baobab



the road

continuation of the trip: dirt road going East


Rock formations are everywhere,

and so are electric poles.
agave


reaching Meatu district - lunch break




 
 
going back to Shinyanga after the pilot training

most rivers are dried - still there are lots of fields of cotton and rice