Last July, I spent two days with a Maasai community at The Mkuru Training Camp in Uwiro Village, about a three-hour drive away from Moshi. The Mkuru Training Camp is located at the foothills ...
Deciding to climb Africa’s highest mountain is no minor decision and it was a goal of mine for over 15 years. I had wanted to climb Kilimanjaro ever since my father scaled it in 2000, months b...
https://thirdeyemom.com/2015/12/08/solar-sister-providing-light-and-hope-in-sub-saharan-africa/
There are few mountains in the world that have such an amazing ecosystem and transition of landscape as Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Rising up to 19,341 feet above sea level, the transition fro...
https://thirdeyemom.com/2015/11/29/transition-through-the-eyes-of-a-climber/
“Call it a clan, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you all it, whoever you are, you need one”. – Jane Howard Sleeping all alone in the bush is not for the faint at heart. I was ex...
https://thirdeyemom.com/2015/11/25/my-last-day-with-the-maasai/
“Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit”. – Jawaharlal Nehru When I arrived at the Mkuru Training Center, I was introduced to the lovely staff and lead into a beautiful open...
“You won’t win until you learn how to lose” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Following and fulfilling your dreams is not easy. Oftentimes the obstacles and hurdles that lie ahead seem so insurmount...
https://thirdeyemom.com/2015/11/13/what-victory-means-to-me/
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths”. – Walt Disney Two days after climbing Mount Kilima...
I have always dreamed of one day visiting a Maasai tribe, and with careful planning I was able to make my very own visit to a to a culturally sensitive, real life Maasai village. I did some resea...
https://thirdeyemom.com/2015/10/25/learning-the-art-of-making-maasai-jewelry-in-tanzania/
“I prefer physical exhaustion over mental fatigue any day”. – Clotilde Hesme After a three-hour sleep, it was time to get up, eat and continue down to the final base camp of the trip. The ...
https://thirdeyemom.com/2015/10/14/kilimanjaro-the-long-walk-down-continues/