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nadinelaura
nadinelaura
I am heading to Zanzibar in May to teach English in Stown...
Traveller since: 04/27/10
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How was it you ask? Hard Work.

So have been home for a few weeks now and feel like I have settled back into western life, finally. There were quite a few problems involving our intake of volunteers and all in all it was a different expereince to the one I expected. I was forgotten about on arrival - so stood for 3hrs in Dar airport, not the most comfortable place for a tired, young, western women. Was sensible enough not to...
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Looking forward to taking the Malaria tablets! (Is that wrong??)

So tommorow is Friday 7th May. And its important for only one reason... Not the results from the ballots, nope. It is in fact the day I begin my Malaria meds, exactly 2 weeks before I fly to Zanzibar! So excited about this that work collegues thought I had developed ADHD this afternoon and friends have felt the need to remind me that taking all the meds at once doesn't mean time has moved faster...
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The 3 P's

Planning, Preparation and PANIC! It has just dawned on me that it's only 3 weeks until I check in for my Hannover to Dar Es Salaam flight and find myself marooned on a tiny paradise island of the cost of Africa, and i have bought nothing in preparation for such a trip! Yikes! It's not that i haven't planned what it is i need to take... Linen Clothes Factor 2500 Sun Screen (for the incredibly...
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