I had gone to Himo to meet Pius to talk about soil erosion and soil conservation measures.
As always the whole trip was centred around a lot of confusion. To make a long story short after doing an extra trip to town so we could leave together, Dora told me she was busy and couldn't make it. Ah, if she only had known an hour earlier when I called I could have walked straight to the bus stop, instead of a 20min detour in the midday heat...
The trip was good, though, and Pius showed me some interesting things. We stopped by at a friend's house and could see terracing on one place and see how the crops from the neighbour looked much weaker (even the banana trees) as he hadn't done any soil conservation measures. The top soil and the nutrients with it just run off in the rains.
A couple of days ago I did some web searches on soil conservation and the 11th google entry was... the blog entry about my summary. How embarrassing.
Bought a large mango for less than 10 cents yesterday...Not pictured, btw. That is a pumpkin.
The road ahead
My tentative travel plans:
Dec 20: send-off in Dora's hometown for a cousin of hers, who is getting married Saturday
Dec 21: Last day I can do anything at KIDT. Packing
Dec 22: Travel to Momela Gate in Arusha NP to make arrangements for Meru climb
Dec 23/24 - maybe 25th, too?: Meru climb - I hope there is availability. I really need to call park headquarters today.
Dec26 or 27: travel to Mwanza near Lake Victoria
Dec 30: train from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam.
Jan 1: scheduled arrival at noon, but with Amtrak-style travel it may be several hours later. The time of arrival will determine if I spend a night in Dar before heading to Sansibar.
Jan 2-4: Stone Town. Not sure what to do there, but probably get stoned?
Jan 4: Will head somewhere on Sansibar.
Jan 5-8: Hanging out in the Blue Oyster hotel and go to the beach a lot...
Jan 8: travel back to Moshi, although I may try to visit TaTEDO and some biogas facilities in Dar for a day.
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