As always Lisa’s blog is great. But I want to add a bit of detail about this road trip we took. We explored Tanzania on the back roads – roads that many tanzanians have never travelled – and certainly roads that tourists never get to see. While the roads were rocky, sandy and hampered speed and efficiency, they offered a glimpse of village life and what it means to be remote and poor in Tanzania.
Boats being carved from mahogony trees, kids getting water at the well, Datoga and maasai herders, people planting crops – while it was a dash board glimpse – it was a great back stage tour of this massive country. In a few places kids screamed and yelled and came running toward the car as if they had not seen a car for months. During the most remote part of our trip we saw about 12 cars in 4 hours. Our avg speed was about 30km an hour in places. Anderson came up with a saying that “everyone is busy in the village” and they would describe what people were doing as we passed. We didn’t watch a single movie on these back roads – probably because it was too bumpy - but I like to think it was because the kids actually enjoyed seeing rural village life.
This is not a road trip you want to do every year, but certainly one of the better road trips I have ever taken.
Boats being carved from mahogony trees, kids getting water at the well, Datoga and maasai herders, people planting crops – while it was a dash board glimpse – it was a great back stage tour of this massive country. In a few places kids screamed and yelled and came running toward the car as if they had not seen a car for months. During the most remote part of our trip we saw about 12 cars in 4 hours. Our avg speed was about 30km an hour in places. Anderson came up with a saying that “everyone is busy in the village” and they would describe what people were doing as we passed. We didn’t watch a single movie on these back roads – probably because it was too bumpy - but I like to think it was because the kids actually enjoyed seeing rural village life.
This is not a road trip you want to do every year, but certainly one of the better road trips I have ever taken.
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