Origins & Destinations - Tanzania 3
LETTER from E D I TO R
W
e booked our first trip to Tanzania for October of 2020. Because of the pandemic, we had to fly all the way to Qatar, change planes and retract back to Africa. It took over 42 hours to get to Tanzania. We were exhausted and drained. Our plane was scheduled to land at 7am. As we were getting closer, the pilot radio came on asking everyone to look to their left side. The moment my eyes locked on a small plane window, my heart skipped a beat: the rising sun was bathing the very top of Mount Kilimanjaro in golden rays. The beauty of Tanzanian nature, pure yet breathtaking, was welcoming us in. Our plane landed in the smallest (although international) airport I have ever been to. As we walked down the tarmac and our feet touched the ground for the time, an unexplainable sense of belonging gushed through every cell of my body. It was overwhelmingly peaceful. Felt like… I came home. That feeling never left. We came back to Africa many times after, but this unique, all-embodying feeling of belonging resurfaced every time we made our way to Tanzania. There is no other place like it. (continued on the next page)
