Week 14 at School

Correction

Last week I wrote:

Unfortunately we only saw the horns of a hippo about 2kms or more away.

Is anybody reading this?  Don't you know that hippos don't have horns.  That was supposed to be a rhinoceros.  It was so far away, who knows what it was.  The joke at the time was that it was probably a local walking through the long grass holding a picture of rhinoceros horns.

There is no further progress on basketball referee education.  I had planned to run part 2 last Sunday, but when I returned from safari I tried to make contact, but was unsuccessful.

We are back to the normal working week, although on Thursday we had another BBQ.  This time for some visitors from the US who were having an early Independence Day celebration.

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Week 13 on Safari

To those who received instant photos from the safari it is no surprise that I was so blown away by the safari experience.

We went in two 4WD vehicles carrying 4 and 5 people plus drivers with a third support vehicle carrying supplies.  Denise and I went in separate vehicles, by choice.  We got back home at 9pm Friday night after having dinner with the safari group.

For all those not interested in safari, switch off now.

For those who want even more information, come on over as we would love to do it again with you.  For more information have a look at these sites:

http://www.tanzaniaparks.com/index.html#

http://www.africatravelresource.com/africa/tanzania/n/

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Week 12 at School

We are off on safari tomorrow morning, so when you read this I hope to be looking for animals.

Not too much new or exciting has happened this week.

There was another farewell for a volunteer leaving the school, but with 40 to 50 volunteers you can expect at least one farewell every month.

We have an 80's party next Saturday so I am up for suggestions as to what I (Peter) should wear.  Best suggestion wins a prize.

Part of being in Arusha is being asked for money from people in the street.  Most know me now and know I am a tight xxxx, so don't ask any more, but there a few who persist for the fun side of it.  My answers range from I am earning less than you to hapana (no).  There is one bloke who keeps asking me to give him my watch (which has a heart rate monitor) as he runs.  You can guess my response.  I can't get by him without being asked, but he always does it with a smile knowing what is about to come back - no.

Just in case you are wondering, I am back in training to climb two little hills.  I will tell you more about that in a later post.

HELP!!!

I am still after assistance for IT storage, so if you or anybody you know can assist it would be greatly appreciated.  See previous blog post for details.

Oh well, back to packing, then out for dinner and bed before we head off west.

Until after safari.

Assistance Required

I am wondering if there is anybody out there can assist, or knows of somebody else who can assist.

The school is looking for a network attached storage solution, preferably using a RAID5 set of disks, which can support up >24Tb of disk storage (preferably expandable) and ideally rack mountable. Can be 7.5k SATA disks, doesn’t need to be fast.

If you are able to assist please contact Peter.

Week 11 at School

After last weeks trip to Nairobi and seeing the orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage we have decided to sponsor an elephant.  It it the little one we saw that was born on my (Peter's) birthday this year.  The elephants name is Ajabu, a Swahili word meaning mystery, to reflect the unanswered questions surrounding her first precious days and what happened to her mother and her herd.

You can see details including videos and pictures at http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/

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Week 10 at School

This week went to Nairobi to see:

David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/

Giraffe Sanctuary http://giraffecenter.org/

Kazuri Beads

Karen Blixen Gardens

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