Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Where and when
Many people have enquired as to where exactly we are going so I thought I'd post a map. You will see in the image here a map of Tanzania with all of the ELCT health locations marked. This is the network of health care facilities that Haydom is connected to. You will also note the Serengeti National Park a couple of hundred kilometers to the north and the Ngorogoro Conservation area just south of that. Both of these areas are prime safari locations and on Nicole's trip to Tanzania with our friend Shannon last January they saw some magnificent and wild sights.The path we will take is another frequent question. We will head out of our Canadian
home in late March through Vancouver to Amsterdam for a short layover; from there we will fly to Dar Es Salaam for a week or so stay at a nice hotel on the Ocean (the Indian Ocean). Here we will take care of the paper work that is necessary for Nik's research and our extended stay. Once this is all out of the way and complete we will head for Arusha. Arusha is close to the two highest mountains in Tanzania, Kilimanjaro at 5895 meters above sea level and Mount Meru at 4566 meters. We will gather supplies and meet with some people that we will work with at a distance for the rest of the year and then make our way via a small plane to Haydom.After that the adventure begins.
By Chad
