The kids got out of school on November 26
th for their vacation between terms. The new term began January 6
th. We were invited to go to Zanzibar with our Professor from
Moffatt Bible College. Zanzibar is an island off of the coast of Tanzania. Tanzania is south of Kenya. We all decided that driving would be a fun adventure so on December 12
th we started our trip. The total distance one way was about 700 kilometers (420 miles). We always measure a trip in hours in Kenya because the time is totally dependent on the condition of the roads not the distance. We weren't sure what the roads were like in Tanzania and much to our surprise they were great. They even had a center line which is something you don't see much of in Kenya!
This is a picture out of the car window as we headed out of Nairobi and toward to border of Tanzania. The majority of the road was dirt or full of pot holes until we got to
Arusha, Tanzania, a distance of about 285 km. or 6 hours.
As we were traveling through one small town, we had to pull over because a parade of people were passing. We never did quite figure out what the parade was for.
We passed a herd of camels before we got to Tanzania. Apparently they are common closer to the coast of Kenya but we had never seen them until now so we thought it was interesting.
This is another sampling of the roads. At this point we were wondering how long this trip was going to take. You can't travel fast on roads like this!
Even when the roads smooth out, there are other things to watch out for like a whole herd of cattle. The Maasai move their cattle wherever there is water and grass.
Crossing the border into Tanzania. Everything went so smoothly at the border and we were very thankful.
This is Tanzania! Beautiful countryside.
More views of Tanzania.
Mount Kilimanjaro is in the background. It is a bit hard to see.
Finally we arrived at the Lutheran Guesthouse in Moshi, Tanzania. Notice the Lorena shirts!!The kids were glad to get out of the HOT car. It is definitely an adjustment getting used to a car without air conditioning. It's not too bad until you are in the city and have to leave your windows rolled up so that you are safe.
We found an ATM machine so that we could get Tanzanian shillings and then could get something to eat. We ate the the Salsburg Restaurant and the power went out in the whole city about 5 minutes before we got to the restaurant. It took about one hour to get our food because they had to cook everything in small batches over jikos or open fires. The food was very good! The power didn't come on until we were heading back to the guesthouse.
Leaving Moshi the next morning on our way to Dar Es Salaam. We stopped and got a picture of Mt. Kilamanjaro on the way out.
The whole group we were traveling with (except Philip taking the picture). The family on the left is our professor from Moffat's family. Ryan is the guy on the right. He was in our candidate week and came out with us in June. He is also Tracy's school teacher. He is part of our family in Africa now!
More scenes from Tanzania.
A restaurant we stopped at on our way down to Dar. It was nice food and we all enjoyed the break from driving.
Ryan the navigator!
A village in Tanzania.
We were going over a bridge and notice this guy in a canoe down below. He appears to be fishing.
This is a picture out of the car window as we headed out of Nairobi and toward to border of Tanzania. The majority of the road was dirt or full of pot holes until we got to Arusha, Tanzania, a distance of about 285 km. or 6 hours.
As we were traveling through one small town, we had to pull over because a parade of people were passing. We never did quite figure out what the parade was for.
We passed a herd of camels before we got to Tanzania. Apparently they are common closer to the coast of Kenya but we had never seen them until now so we thought it was interesting. 
This is another sampling of the roads. At this point we were wondering how long this trip was going to take. You can't travel fast on roads like this!
Even when the roads smooth out, there are other things to watch out for like a whole herd of cattle. The Maasai move their cattle wherever there is water and grass.
Crossing the border into Tanzania. Everything went so smoothly at the border and we were very thankful. 
This is Tanzania! Beautiful countryside.
More views of Tanzania.
Mount Kilimanjaro is in the background. It is a bit hard to see.
Finally we arrived at the Lutheran Guesthouse in Moshi, Tanzania. Notice the Lorena shirts!!The kids were glad to get out of the HOT car. It is definitely an adjustment getting used to a car without air conditioning. It's not too bad until you are in the city and have to leave your windows rolled up so that you are safe.
We found an ATM machine so that we could get Tanzanian shillings and then could get something to eat. We ate the the Salsburg Restaurant and the power went out in the whole city about 5 minutes before we got to the restaurant. It took about one hour to get our food because they had to cook everything in small batches over jikos or open fires. The food was very good! The power didn't come on until we were heading back to the guesthouse.
Leaving Moshi the next morning on our way to Dar Es Salaam. We stopped and got a picture of Mt. Kilamanjaro on the way out.
The whole group we were traveling with (except Philip taking the picture). The family on the left is our professor from Moffat's family. Ryan is the guy on the right. He was in our candidate week and came out with us in June. He is also Tracy's school teacher. He is part of our family in Africa now!
More scenes from Tanzania.
A restaurant we stopped at on our way down to Dar. It was nice food and we all enjoyed the break from driving.
Ryan the navigator!
A village in Tanzania.
We were going over a bridge and notice this guy in a canoe down below. He appears to be fishing.
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