On the front page of the Citizen, bigger than Obama. I'm the fourth person from the right, you can just see the back of my head. We were coming back from an evening camping on the river bank. 

"Tourists cross the crocodile infested Kilombero river in a canoe on Tuesday after the MV Kilombero II ferry broke down last Friday. Fisherman have been having a field day ferrying people across the river, which seperates Ulanga and Kilombero districts in Morogoro region, since the vessel was grounded."

I was outside in a little barber shop I set up, on this banana tree, cutting my hair and I thought that maybe people at home would like to see where I've been living in addition to the photos I've posted from Tanzania. I finished the haircut and decided to post some photos of the place we've been staying. 

Travel had brought us to Ifakara, Tanzania, a place full of great people, foreigners (mzungu) and locals, dust, heat, mud, rain, and now a lot of fond memories. And today we're leaving, the 4th of November, a day for departing Ifakara by Train and heading for the big city, Dar es Salaam. 

Here are a few of the msabi photos I've taken. There are several big areas that the project covers including water pumps, sanitation, and education. These are just a few of the shots that I've pulled out as I edit them, each has a description describing what each photo shows. 

On top of the work I was working on, video editing, photo editing, and mostly killing mosquitos the electric tennis racket, I decided a blog update might be nice, to show what I'm up to. Here, in Ifakara, has been two weeks yesterday of shooting photos and video for msabi, a small NGO for clean water. It stands for Maji Safi kwa Afya Bora Ifakara, swahili for Safe Water for Better Health Ifakara. 
Through taking photos and videos here in Ifakara I've gotten some cool chances to get out and see a lot of people and villages. I've also been able to visit schools and to photograph msabi projects. There, and everywhere I've been in Africa, the kids absolutely adore having their photos taken and react with the most high pitches laughs and squeals when they see their little digital image on the back of the camera. A boy on a barge today asked me in his best, most polite classroom English if I would take his photograph. I did, showed him, and he replied with a huge smile and a thank you. The same group of tiny people this small boy was with were all also dressed in tiny suits and ballroom dresses, apparently for the holiday. Some photos from around town are from below, soon some from the msabi shoots, and maybe even some night photos from this evening across the river depending on how the clouds cooperate. 

Right now I'm in Ifakara, Tanzania, visiting my friend Christina and taking photos for a drinking water and sanitation non-profit called msabi. Between shooting photos and video we've been checking out the town and landscape in Tanzania, here are some photos from a mid-week camping trip to the nearby river.