Bus Kabanga to Kahama Tanzania

TheKeeper from has written 25 comments

Hi Andy,

What do you mean by the UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees will define someone a refugee for 50 years and pay them to remain that way.?

How are they paid?

Best,

Frank

Gadget from has written 831 comments

I had a girlfriend in Mexico who worked for UNHCR. We made a call on Guatemalan refugee.

The couple wanted travel money... They owned their own business.

I asked how long they had been in Mexico.
15 Years

This is th UNHCR and the way it functions.

Andy, you must not read the news if you do not understand why people from Rwanda living in Tanzania are refugees. Rwanda was the site of one of the most massive instances of genocide in history.

Enjoyed your comments on travel until this mindless statement about not understanding why these people are refugees. I would hope for better in future.

Gadget from has written 831 comments

Tom you are the one out of date. The genocide was 15 years ago and I am proud of the Rwanda people.

Rwanda is now the most advanced country in East Africa.

Counties change, please allow it.

I was in Rwanda, a truly safe and nice country, that make Kenya seem like a dump

Andy

Andy, you are opinionated, arent you? Typical ugly American visit Tanzania for a couple of days and all of sudden you are now an African expert. By the way, Rwanda and Burundi are two separate countries and most of the refugees are too scared to go back because tribal warfare in those two counties is never ending.

I suppose you wonder why Palestinians still live in refugee camps when they only got kicked out 61 years ago. These lazy Arabs! Just like American blacks!

Gadget from has written 831 comments

I listening, somehody tell me the benefits to the human spirit by living in a camp for 15 years

Cliche...
Andy

Motorcycle Bob from has written 82 comments

It helps those people that need someone to help. Keep them down, and you can send them aid and say you are helping the world. Much better to send them food than to teach them to farm.

Or am I being cynical?

Bob L

South Tanzania is very pretty with rolling hills, tea plantations, and waterfalls, and the farms are good enough to get by. Perhaps they lost some skill during the years of socialism.

Hey HT,

Love the story. I traveled via land from Kenya to South Africa back in 2001 and it was the same-same. Busking musicians would hop on, trips took much longer than expected, and (in Tanzania anyway) wed have to stop and let elephants cross the road.

Buses seem a little more expensive than I remember them....

Keep it up!

Moving to Bali soon - maybe well meet up sometime! Thanks for your tips and motivation! :)

Cheers,

Ryan

Hmmmm: Tanzania, the home of Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro National Park, Lake Manyara, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Amboseli, etc. etc. And you call it a wasteland? Give me one break!!! If you rode a bus through your homeland, would it travel through the best part of your country? No - bus routes and trains usually go through the areas that are the poorest. Don't judge Tanzania by your bus trip. I went by bus from Mwanza to Shinyanga to Kahama then by train to Dar Es Salaam. Sure the land was dry, but the people were warm and friendly.
You should read What is the What, the story of one of the lost boys of Sudan. Thank heavens for refugee camps for those people and those of Rwanda and Burundi. Although located in dry, unfriendly land, they provide safety from genocide. Unfortunately, the host countries have a hard time absorbing the refugees - it's hard enough to support their own citizens. It would be wonderful if those camps were not the final residence for refugees. The world needs to recognize the horrors so many in the world have to endure - especially in Africa.
I suggest you read about the countries you travel through, including the histories of them, before you make the quick judgements you have made on this post. It'd be a great way to spend your time waiting for slow buses.

Gadget from has written 831 comments

Africa needs to understand, it is not the job of the rest of the world to save their butts, they are independent countries.When they finally take responsibility for their country they will advance. After slavery end the economy of Africa started to disrupt, then when the became free from colonization it has been a steady downward trip for the economies.