a day in the life…
[above: HIV Care and Treatment Refresher Training participants, trainers and UCSF help-staff (i.e. the team i work with in Tanzania) […]
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Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan in Tanzania!
[above left: Tanzanian stamp honoring The Scholar and the Athlete, Bruce Lee… and above right: Tanzanian stamp sheet honoring Jackie
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Even the Yellow Ones!
Bukombe is a trip. It’s a diamond and gem mining town in the interior of Tanzania, on the road towards
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chakula cha mchana: lunch at Tanzanian family homes
[above: (picture on left) Young Whan, Bibi and Babu of Valerie, sophy (picture on right) Valerie, Bibi, Babu, cousin, sophy,
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African Standard Time (AST): living in the present moment
Haraka haraka haina baraka. If you hurry hurry, you will not receive blessings. The pace of life in Tanzania, particularly
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The Birds: Attack of the Marabou Storks!
Run, Jenny! sophy cracking up – Oh no, they’re after me too! Ndege mwabaru (marabou storks) rule Shinyanga. They are
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Shiblingi, Sponge Bed Square Pants, and Fat Ties
It’s Young Whan and Sophy’s Kiswanglish lesson time: Shiblingi = Tanzanian money coveted by young urban people Sponge Bed Square
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HOT nights! (Hotel Orion Tabora is HOT!)
Imagine this scene: the gliterrati of the region assembled at our hotel restaurant and bar, socializing, drinking, smoking (a sign
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sophy’s suture removal party
above: Suture removal party, first attempt: Barbie manicure set (a.k.a. make-shift suture removal kit), suture removal team, Royce getting sterile,
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