Review: Steri Pen Classic

Review: Steri Pen Classic

There is no doubt in my mind that this device has already paid for itself simply because we don´t have to constantly buy bottled water when the tap water isn´t clean enough to drink. The fact that it may one day save our lives is an even bigger benefit. There are other, fancier Steri-pen models [...]

Review: Peter Tours & Mountaineering (Moshi, Tanzania)

Review: Peter Tours & Mountaineering (Moshi, Tanzania)

Sitting in Moshi and staring at prices for multi-day Safari tours, our heads began to spin. We’d researched several options on line and walking around town most of what we found seemed much too high in price for our taste. We wanted to go with a local company, but we also wanted to know that [...]

Hakuna Matatah: Learn some Swahili

Hakuna Matatah: Learn some Swahili

I’d hoped to learn some Swahili while here but it turns out I already know a fair bit…you do too actually, mostly thanks to Disney. Shortly after the African continent became covered in Bantu speaking peoples, several thousand years ago, Arab traders began to appear on the coasts (the word Swahili is actually rooted in [...]

How do you measure a year?

How do you measure a year?

525,600 minutes. How do you measure a year in a life? Some people said we were crazy. Some people said we were awesome. Some people said we’d be back within 3 months, some people said we’d never return. “It’s my dream to do that” some people said, while others shook their head unable to understand. [...]