On The Road!

Hello my lovely jubblies! I come with the news that sadly this is the last post ever to be published on 'stereospecs'...but fear not, for I am moving to a brand new blog. I needed a fresh start and so I've created a blog for absolutely everything. If you want to make my day come over and say hi, maybe even follow me if you're in a good mood, there might be an answer to your question on my first ever post (ooh, how exciting!). 

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I'm Over Here!

Welcome to my fresh new blog which I am, quite honestly, a little too excited about.
With no purpose whatsoever, this is my little space to write about e v e r y t h i n g; a blog without boundaries. You can expect posts about travel, music, momentous happenings in the world, even what my cats are getting up to. Oh, it is a hard life sleeping all day and having food handed to you...although, having said that, one of them still hasn't fathomed the mechanics of the cat flap. Anyway, the reason behind this (yet another) change is, after my previous indecisiveness and having a month free from the internet, I just thought I should have a mahoosive blog in which I'm not restricted to what style of posts I can write. With my beloved 'stereospecs' music blog I kind of felt that I wasn't posting for myself at all anymore so I am sadly going to have to say goodbye to my 336 followers, 109 posts and whole lotta writing. If you're migrating from stereospecs please do say hi and follow me on here instead, I still love you guys and will follow everyone that I used to. Seeing so much on my expedition, I just wanted to write about it all. So TADAA! 'Hakuna Mootata' has arrived, albeit with a misspelt word as I got last dibs on the name I wanted and couldn't think of another one, and I am ready to go. Awoohoo!

Dougou Badia

I discovered this song when I was returning from my expedition. I was listening to the 'Africa Now' playlist on the little aeroplane tv to soak up the last ounce of Tanzanian culture I could and found this. By Amadou and Mariam, a blind duo from Mali, and featuring an urban injection from Santigold, this song is a brilliant fusion of musical style. I love the intro, especially when the voices enter.

Also, I haven't been able to stop singing the Jambo song. I even taught my friend this song from Tanzania and she can't get it out of her head either. Awh, it's just so happy.

Nakupenda Tanzania

I have returned from the most amazing experience of my life. Tanzania is now my favourite place in the whole entire world. I met wonderful people, both from England and in Tanzania, that I have memories with and shall hold onto tightly as they are irreplacable. I can't wait to see all the photos and get started on my scrapbook. Here are a few of my photos and words to describe the time I had, although it really can't be put into words.

Photos with Eliphas, William and Benson in Tanga · Snapshots from our safari · Playing with the lovely children from the village of Umbuni · Project work which involved getting rather dirty socks

Project Work
The main purpose of our trip was to lend a helping hand to the local communities we visited. Our work involved wildlife conservation, building a house for a mama and renovating classrooms. It was really rewarding to see the impact that our work had, particularly with the school as we got to meet the children that our work would benefit.

Safari
Elephants, giraffes, a cheetah, a lion and flamingos are just a few of the animals we saw on safari. Our driver Julius was so good, he managed to get us magnificent sights of a cheetah chasing impalas in an attack, a lion that was literally within arms reach and a huge elephant shaking a tree. We visited Tarangire and the Ngorongoro Crater which was the most beautiful landscape that I've ever seen.

Tanga
Although I loved everywhere we visited within Tanzania, Tanga just holds a special place in my heart. Our camp was located right above the Indian Ocean and the village of Umbuni was full of such friendly and happy people. Each time we walked to our project work the children would come running to shout "Hiii", "Byyeee" and "Jambo"; their happiness just resonated throughout the whole team. I also adored the camp staff at Tanga: Balla is the one who always sang and kept spirits high, Eliphas is the coolest person in camp with a happy hat, Anderson is just a big teddy bear that is constantly smiling, and Benson is the love of my life. I'm not kidding, he dances and holds everyones hands whilst maintaining the cutest smile. Oh, and let's not forget about the kitchen staff, William and Jambo Jambo Guy. Everytime I would walk past the kitchen Jambo Jambo Guy would say "JAMBO JAMBO" in a high pitched voice (of which me and my friend Meghan would imitate) and William would wave frantically after seeing me get so excited to see him. Awh, I cried when I left that camp.

So if you see a person walking down the street saying "JAMBO" to everyone they pass, it's probably me. People in this country need to cheer up anyway.

If you have any questions about the country or what I did, I'd love to talk about it with you in more depth. This post is merely scratching the surface.

Nakupenda Tanzania♡