This week we are back working on the house or more accurately sharing some items from previous weeks because rain and the need to get end of year information together before I travel home has taken over my schedule.That is right it is that time of year again-both end of year reports and traveling home…
Security?
This blog is actually about a work project on the site to repair the main entrance gates but I don’t feel I can adequately cover the topic without discussing the concept of security here in Tanzania to a Tanzanian. The concept of keeping what is mine is strongly ingrained into most of Africa. Yes in…
Tiny House Tanzania Episode 6 -building Kitchen Furniture
This weeks blog is getting back to working on the house and the next couple of weeks will be a mix of the house work and site work. This is a very busy time of year on site as I am trying to wrestle information out of staff to start our end of year reports…
October gets weird
Was not sure what to actually title this post as I am probably going to ramble a little bit as I have lots of little things on my mind at the moment and I am too tired to try and sort them out. So see if you can keep up with the direction changes.Those who…
Family Tanzanian Vacation
These last couple of weeks have been full of adventures for myself, Barnabas Bear and my family visiting from the states. I met up with them in Istanbul, Turkey for a couple of days before we flew over to Nairobi, Kenya then drove to Arusha taking in a Safari along the way. In Arusha, we…
Always painting and breaking the bed-Tiny House Tanzania Episode 5
Well it seems I am back at the one activity I seem to do more of than anything else-painting. I used to enjoy painting. I am not so sure anymore. I still enjoy the task just I have painted so many buildings and the water tank by brush it is overwhelming at times. You will…
Tanzania Lines (aka rugby scrum) and episode 4 of Tiny House Tanzania
This week I am back with a conversation about waiting in lines here in Tanzania and then episode 4 of Tiny House Nation.I think the best description I have heard about Tanzania lines is that they are like a rugby scrum where everyone locks up and tries to push the pile one way or the…
Blessings of travel
I am going to start out by letting you know this is not a story about the troubles of having vehicle trouble on the way to Arusha, this is a story about the blessings that can come through such an adventure. I am going to take a break from Tiny House Tanzania episodes to tell…
Tiny House Tanzania-Solar Power
This week we are looking at adding Solar Power Generation and wiring up the Tiny House. Be forewarned I show my math-yes I qualify for nerdom. After the video are some photos from the science conference in Singida last weekend. As I state with all my Tiny House Tanzania videos, I recommend the show Tiny…
Tiny House Tanzania Episode 2, Washing Clothes and 10,000 visits
Jambo, Thank you all for helping reach a milestone with the blog. With last week’s blog I have topped 10,000 visits. It seems a lot of people liked last weeks blog about the house.I am continuing the discussion on the house work this week with Episode 2: Planning the work of Tiny House Tanzania. Please…
Steve and Barnabas 