We're a group of Western Washington University students traveling to Tanzania to ask big questions about geography, nature, and culture.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Coffee at Uru

Yesterday we visited the KNCU coffe cooperative at Uru-Msuni for a coffee tour and overnight camp.

On arrival the group was greeted with delicious hot coffee:


 Then we went for a tour of a working smallholder coffee farm:


And ground, roasted, and brewed our own coffee:

Then we visited some cultural tourism sites like the nearby Chagga cave, a replica of a traditional refuge for Chagga people during wartime:

 The night was clear and starry so we awoke to a good view of Kilimanjaro from the camp. Here is the starry night with a motorcycle passing by:

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