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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: April 2014
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Tuesday, April 22, 2014. One word to describe India: Hopes. I will be attempting over a few blog posts to write some of my thoughts about India by collecting them around one word. This is my first attempt. I began writing this using the word "Expectations", then realized that "Hopes" was a better choice. I was initially inspired by our trip to Darjeeling. India is densely populated with hopes.
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: September 2013
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Sunday, September 22, 2013. Day 11 of the festival, Ganesh Chaturthi. More statues are arriving. These statues are larger. They are carried by groups of loud, raucous men. The men are wearing t-shirts stained with red powder. One man shouts “Ganapati Bapa! 8221; The crowd shouts in reply, “Moria! 8221; We join in. “Moria! I shout for him to stop, but he doesn’t hear me. Finally, he s...8221; a...
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: May 2013
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Saturday, May 18, 2013. CROP Walk and Water in Mumbai. For a number of years, we have been involved in the Holland Area CROP Hunger Walk. About to begin walking. Reservoir for water storage. Water tank supplying clean water for a group of houses. Water tap for several houses. Water jug at local restaurant. Monday, May 6, 2013. How was your run? Fine" His usual response. For some reason he ...
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: Buying Electricity
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Sunday, May 17, 2015. My friend Laurel often says "there are lots of different ways to do things." I found the truth of that statement here in Tanzania when were running short of electricity at home. LUKU meter - you will see the we had less than 1 KW hour of electricity left - don't tell Nancy! Yup - you can buy your electricity here! In the morning, with the meter reading about 5 (the refrig...
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: April 2015
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Michigan, Mumbai, and Mzungu? You may have noticed that we changed the name of our blog! The blog was entitled "Michigan and Mumbai", because when we started it I thought it would simply last for the time we were in India and then quietly go away (Well, it almost did). We've added the word Mzungu to the blog. http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzungu. We moved back to the st...
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: August 2013
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Monday, August 19, 2013. They entered the club, where the art teacher signed the two in as guests, and then they stepped into the inside pool area. Yes, this is the place - very much as I remembered". She took a picture of him standing by the pool, then they walked through to the outdoor pool and around to the restaurant area. Old guy by the pool -55 years later. Sunday, August 11, 2013. I hea...
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: November 2013
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Thursday, November 21, 2013. Always so green - Poinsettia tree ;-). After more than forty years, I returned to Kodaikanal. Where I had gone to boarding school. Chapel interior - significant early spiritual and musical memories. Near Sherwood dorm - I helped build it serving detention hours. Used to make forts in woods near the dorms. My traveling companions in front of the auditorium.
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: FAQ's
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. FAQ #1 - Why India? Map of India - With Mumbai circled in Red. In the next few posts I will be dealing with some of the questions people ask about our upcoming adventures: Question #1: Why India? FAQ #2: What about your house? FAQ #3: Where will you live? View of the bathroom showing entrance to laundry room. Nancy is also excited about working with her sister and other trusted decorating frie...
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: Safari. Manyara and Ngorongoro
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Safari. Manyara and Ngorongoro. Our first safari took us from Dar es Salaam by plane to Kilamanjaro International airport. We were met at the airport by Athumani, our guide and driver for the next three days, along with his safari vehicle - equipped with a cooler and seats for seven . Nancy and Athumani and our transportation. Sunset at the lodge overlooking Ngorogo &#...
