1. My Amazing Journey to
Tanzania
The trip I never Imagined
by Samuel Brathwaite

2. The continent of Africa and a map of Tanzania are provided for context – The trip from California
to Tanzania is approximately 20 hours in the air; Arusha is approximately 300 miles from Dar es
Salaam; Zanzibar is approximately 60 miles off the coast from Dar es Salaam; and, the Tarangire
National Park is a 3 hour drive from Arusha; Shinda Village is on the outskirts of Arusha
Tarangire
National Park

3. Sign Leading to the Shinda Basic School – note the motto at
the bottom of the sign

4. The Shinda Basic School view of the eastern side of the school
looking towards the southwest

5. View of the southern side of the school looking towards the north – Mr. Moshi stand proudly in front of his
school

6. Additional Class Rooms on the western side of the property

7. The school kitchen

8. Inside one of the class rooms in the building on the northern section of the property

9. Class room in the building on the eastern side of the property

10. Students greeting me with a song

11. Cross Section of the families, very interested in their children development

12. Community immediately northwest of the school

13. Community immediately northeast of the school

14. The neighborhood

15. Water is a scarce resource in Arusha, many of the rural communities fetch water on a daily basis
as running water is not readily available

16. Drill rig setting up to drill water well

17. Drilling crew

18. Cuttings used to log boring

19. Water encountered at approximately 100 feet below ground surface

20. All reports indicate that the well is producing abundant clean fresh water
8/30/2013

21. Students look on eagerly as the drilling penetrated the aquifer unit

22. Victor’s sisters and niece and the home where he grew up in Shinda

23. Victor visiting with his 96 year old grandmother in Kilimanjaro

24. Life in Kilimanjaro

25. Tarangire National Park - Wilder beasts and Impalas in their natural habitat

26. Tarangire National Park - Elephants in their natural habitat

27. Tarangire National Park - Giraffes in their natural habitat

28. Dar es Salaam Sky Line – Capital of Tanzania – photo taken from the Indian Ocean

29. Ferry shuttling between Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar

30. The Island of Zanzibar

31. Zanzibar is well known for its spices – here is a photograph of a spice farm

32. Former slave transshipment point on Zanzibar

33. Church built on grounds where slaves were assembled prior to transshipment – the church is approximately 130
years old – Slavery was abolished in 1873 – this is now considered sacred ground

34. Photograph shows exactly how the slaves were brought to the assembly ground – the chains in this photograph
are the exact chains that were used on the slaves

35. Former slave dungeon used to house slaves prior to shipment – this unit typically housed 50 to 75 slaves,
there was no lighting and little ventilation and standing room, many slaves died before being shipped

36. Victor and Sam at Dar es Salaam International Airport on our way back from Zanzibar