So my goal for today is to make a travel blog that is easy for me to use and update and easy for readers to navigate and comment on. I think I've finally found a blog that you don't have to sign up in order to be able to comment. So please, if you read this, comment on it, it's more fun that way - and maybe leave your last name or something that allows me to identify you, since "Love, John" could be many people I know!

For those of you who don't know why I have a travel blog, I am leaving to Africa for 2.5 months! I finished university and have always wanted to go to Africa so there is really no better time. I am going with an organization called Cross Cultural Solutions (Check it out here www.crossculturalsolutions.org) and will be going to Tanzania. I will be living in Karanga, which is a small suburb just outside of Moshi. Moshi is at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro, so I am so excited for the views I'll see so regularly. In Karanga I will be living in a volunteer house with about 40 other volunteers and they provide all our meals, a place to sleep and space to hang out. The program also offers "cultural programming" which is supposed to include some really neat stuff, but I'll know way more when I actually get there.

So I'm not just going as a tourist, for those of you who know me, this is no surprise!! I'm going to volunteer. CCS has placed me in what I hope will be an amazingly rewarding placement. I will be working as a "classroom assistant" in a school for children with mental disabilities in Moshi. This totally fits me, since I want to go into occupational therapy next year and I love working with kids. I'm so excited for it, but I definitely need to improve my swahili so I can at least somewhat communicate with the kids.

Alright, I have tons left to get ready for, people to email, things to pack, papers to organize- so I will leave this here. Remember, if you read this let me know so that I know this blog works for you guys!

Tutaonana! Goodbye!

Hugs, Laura

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written by  Laura Collins on September 3, 2008 from Vancouver, Canada
from the travel blog: My Adventure in Tanzania
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Sounds good! (This is a test post)

-Amy

written by  Amy on September 4, 2008

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Great blog. Easy to get into. Easy to leave a message. This will certainly keep us in the loop.

Love,
Dad

written by  Russell Collins on September 4, 2008

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Hey Laura!

I hope you find the time to arrange something like a farewell get together...if not, then let's meet for coffee before you go. Besides...I still owe you a gift and you owe me one too. LOL..;P

written by  Celestine on September 10, 2008

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Sounds like a great adventure - have a good trip

written by  Love John on September 12, 2008

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Wow....sounds good...have fun and enjoy the trip

love fareeha

written by  Fareeha Qaiser on September 12, 2008

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You're right it is easy.

written by  Karen on September 13, 2008

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hey laura bora! just to let u know that the blog looks great so far...waiting for your first entry! have a good week in england, try not to fall too hard with those english boys and their accents.... ;)

written by  shannon on September 14, 2008

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hello missy........so u going to the motherland eiiii!!!

well i hope u hav fun. ur blog is on my firefox tabs so il b checking it regularly so u beta put updates up.....

ur african brother from another mother who loves burgers and chic flicks ;-)

written by  Ghana Boy on September 14, 2008

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Hi, Laura: Your blog on Ngorongoro Crater brings back wonderful memories. It is truly as amazing as we told you, isn't it! Take lots of photos -- we'd love to see them when you get home. What a wonderful experience for you. Here in South Surrey, we are surrounded at all turns by election signs and must listen to boring speeches and false promises! Try to stay clean and continue to have a great trip.

Linda and Alastair

written by  Linda and Alastair Fraser on October 3, 2008

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