27-SEP-2009
Welcome to the Usambara Mountains. We did some hiking with a guide in this densely populated agricultural region of northeastern Tanzania.
This lady kindly posed for a photo so that we could show people the typical way women carry packages. We sometimes struggled up uneven narrow paths while women carrying far more than us negotiated the same routes with incredible grace and balance.
28-SEP-2009
Some areas have terraced fields in order to minimize erosion and retain moisture for the crops. Our guide has been involved in projects to demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach.
28-SEP-2009
Most of the roads are not paved and motorized vehicles are not common at the upper elevations.
28-SEP-2009
The mountains rise steeply from the plain below.
29-SEP-2009
We walked from village to village...
29-SEP-2009
...and were often greeted by children who may have seen few, if any, white people.
01-OCT-2009
Irrigation allows vegetables to flourish in the valley bottoms...
26-SEP-2009
...but the most colour is found in the fabrics worn by local women.
01-OCT-2009
There's also colour in the markets...
28-SEP-2009
...and in the pails used by women to collect water and carry it across significant distances.
30-SEP-2009
Women also carry firewood, sometimes for many kilometers...
