Rev. Tracy, Global Citizen Vox 2009-10-23T07:39:46Z Tracy Longacre http://telglobal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251d1ff88e1d/ Tracy's adventures in international development. Kalemie sunrise tag:vox.com,2009-10-23:asset-6a00c2251d1ff88e1d0123ddc7db74860c 2009-10-23T07:39:46Z 2009-10-23T07:39:46Z Tracy Longacre http://telglobal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I am in Kalemie this week, on the southern shore of Lake Tanganyika. It's quite a lovely place in my book. Much warmer than Bukavu and the lake is so big it might as well be the ocean. This was the sunrise this morning. Beautiful, although my ...

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]]> Lovely lizard tag:vox.com,2009-10-10:asset-6a00c2251d1ff88e1d0123ddd46b55860d 2009-10-10T13:16:53Z 2009-10-10T13:16:53Z Tracy Longacre http://telglobal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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This lizard was absolutely stunning. Unfortunately, he was a bit far away and I only had my iPhone with me. But I think you can get a sense of him. Taken this past week in Goma.

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]]> Azanzi Resort, Zanzibar tag:vox.com,2009-09-26:asset-6a00c2251d1ff88e1d0123dda5ffc6860b 2009-09-26T10:45:27Z 2009-09-26T11:33:08Z Tracy Longacre http://telglobal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Well, although I'm not getting any benefit from doing this, I really, really have to promote the Azanzi Resort in Matemwe, Zanzibar. It was the resort next to Matemwe Baharini Villas, which is where I stayed. Azanzi wasn't in any guide books o...

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]]> Tourism & communities tag:vox.com,2009-09-13:asset-6a00c2251d1ff88e1d0123ddb67c15860c 2009-09-13T19:44:00Z 2009-09-18T10:37:42Z Tracy Longacre http://telglobal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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This is a photo of the village behind where I stayed in Matemwe, on the east coast of Zanzibar. It is a picture that very, very few tourists ever see. Not because it is hidden, but more likely because there is no reason to ever go out the back...

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]]> Zanzibar photos! tag:vox.com,2009-09-09:asset-6a00c2251d1ff88e1d011016ce9031860d 2009-09-09T06:25:29Z 2009-09-09T06:25:29Z Tracy Longacre http://telglobal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Lots of photos of Zanzibar posted on my Flickr site. Check 'em out: www.flickr.com/photos/tlongacre

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]]> Zanzibar Restaurant review tag:vox.com,2009-09-09:asset-6a00c2251d1ff88e1d01101693c781860c 2009-09-09T05:13:46Z 2009-09-09T06:20:00Z Tracy Longacre http://telglobal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I’m here in Zanzibar for a week of R&R and I’m loving it. This is pretty close to my image of heaven – perfect weather (warmer than Bukavu or Bamenda), diverse cultures, in Africa. . . Wonderful. My experience with food has been pretty touch...

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]]> Downtown Kigali tag:vox.com,2009-09-05:asset-6a00c2251d1ff88e1d01101691afbe860c 2009-09-05T06:21:41Z 2009-09-05T06:21:41Z Tracy Longacre http://telglobal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I'm in transit from Bukavu to Zanzibar where I'm going for a week of R&R. Yeah! Had to stay overnight in Kigali, which was quite nice, actually. Good, free, reasonably fast Internet connection in hotel. Took a bus down to the center of town an...

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]]> Been busy tag:vox.com,2009-08-15:asset-6a00c2251d1ff88e1d011018038595860e 2009-08-15T15:49:54Z 2009-08-15T15:49:54Z Tracy Longacre http://telglobal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I've been really busy with work and just realized it's been a month since I've updated my blog. Aack! Sorry. I'm on Facebook fairly regularly, if you are interested, and find it easier to share articles and such through that venue. Hillary Cli...

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]]> Heading to the field tag:vox.com,2009-07-13:asset-6a00c2251d1ff88e1d0110162de950860b 2009-07-13T09:44:33Z 2009-07-13T09:44:33Z Tracy Longacre http://telglobal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom or "au terrain" as we say in French. I'm going to the field this week with two people from my team. They are leading a briefing on self-evaluations for our partners in our civic education project. I'm going to meet the partners, see their sites, ...

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]]> Another reasonably informative BBC link tag:vox.com,2009-07-09:asset-6a00c2251d1ff88e1d011017eb9fc7860e 2009-07-09T14:15:02Z 2009-07-09T14:15:02Z Tracy Longacre http://telglobal.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Here is a halfway decent story about mining in South Kivu: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7991479.stm I say only halfway decent because this article does exactly what they want to pretend they (unlike "the international community") are not do...

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