Moivaro Country Walk Arusha (12/12/2007)
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Gathering for the walk at Moivaro Lodge
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Livingstone pointing out the coffee beans
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Here they are!
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Attentive listeners
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Walking along the drive from Moivaro Lodge
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Cedric helping a guy with his bike
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Rural dwelling
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Higher up the road, a view towards Mt Meru
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Passing a colourful display above a wall
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The roofs of the glasshouses
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A closer look at the vast area under glass
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On the track through the bananas and crops, meeting schoolkids on the way
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Further along the track
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Woman and child among the crops
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Irrigation channel on the edge of the banana trees
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Arriving at the school buildings
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Gathering on the edge of the banana plantation
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The educational display on the walls of the classrooms
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Map of East Africa, and much more
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Meeting children as we went into the playground
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More scientific illustrations - and some children
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The class sing "happy birthday"
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Other children gathering at the doorway
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Here are the proud children in the class
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Children in the playground
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Dermot with some of the children
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And me too!
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More photos
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Other children resting under the big tree
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The head teacher and her colleague in their office
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Setting out again from the school
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Followed by many of the children!
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A crowd of kids following us back up the road
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View ahead towards Mount Meru
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Continuing along the road - learning a few words of Swahili
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A couple of men sawing some wood outside a shop
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The other half of the shop!
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Moving on again
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Meeting a herdsman with his cattle and goats
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Looking down on a shack
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Woman working outside her house
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Dan walking past a mother and child
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Down into the banana plantation
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Woman tending the crops
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German companion showing the kids their photo!
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Big bunch of bananas!
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The path through the plantation
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More workers in the fields
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View across the fields
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Young cabbages among the banana trees
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Woman at work
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Climbing up from the low-lying fertile plain
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The mixed crops planted together
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Arriving at the top of the climb, to join another dirt road
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Construction work under way using locally-made bricks
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The group walking along the road, still with a couple of schoolchildren
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Passing one of the guys stacking branches on a cart
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Another fine bunch of bananas with the flower head
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Gathering beside the lower road before heading back towards Moivaro
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Dermot getting rid of the lower half of his trousers!
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The local government building
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At the brewery
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Inside the little brewing room
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The brewing equipment!
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Discussing the finished product
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The area for parties and barbecues
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Looking back at the doorway into the brewery
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Sign above a grocer's shop
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Passing a rural house
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The Masai men waiting to have their photo taken, doing a little dance
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Sign for Kilimanjaro beer outside the Black Uhuru grocery
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Gathered outside the grocery looking at "Bob Marley"'s tree.
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And here's his tree house
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Local people walking along the bumpy dirt road
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Our group about to pass another guy with a cart piled with timber
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More of the local dwellings, with piles of bricks outside
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And finally, back at the gate to Moivaro Lodge
