What kind of country is Tanzania? Around the World by Takahiro Ueda, a Buddhist monk - Tanzania (1)
Hello everyone. How are you doing now that the middle day of the Ohiganishi holiday is over and the month of April is finally approaching?
Today, I would like to talk about the first destination of our round-the-world trip, Tanzania, which is just about to depart.
Tanzania is,
As you can see, the country is located around the center of Africa. The population of the country is about 57 million.
However, it may be difficult to get an image of Tanzania out of the blue.
I had no idea what I was getting myself into until I came up with the idea of this trip.
But everyone,Kilimanjaro.Have you ever heard of a place called
This may ring a bell, especially if you are a coffee lover.
Yes, the Kilimanjaro is here in Tanzania.
I will be leaving Japan for Kilimanjaro Airport on the 26th.
This is the biggest destination in Tanzania.Olduvai (Roman goddess of arts)Kilimanjaro was the most accessible place to go to the valley.
Olduvai Valley
Olduvai Valley is a peoplebirthplace of the similarIt is called Here, in 1959, fossils of a human ancestor called Australopithecus were unearthed about 1.8 million years ago.
This discovery brought the study of human ancestry to the attention of the world and made the Olduvai Valley famous.
(*As excavation and research progresses today, the oldest human fossils date back to about 7 million years ago, and fossils have been found in various locations in Africa. ) In other words, it is not exactly the birthplace of mankind, but I consider it to be the birthplace of mankind in the sense that human research began here.
And this Olduvai Valley isNgorongoro Conservation Areain the
ngorongoro (Ngorongoro ngorongoro)The name of the place is not familiar to Japanese people. Although the pronunciation of the place name is unfamiliar to Japanese people..,
As a matter of fact, thisngorongoro (Ngorongoro ngorongoro)The place is also very famous.
It is a World Heritage site and is called an animal paradise.
and thisngorongoro (Ngorongoro ngorongoro)is also known as a place that was visited on location for "Suiyodo-Do-Do" (as a fan of "Suiyodo-Do", I can't get enough of this place). (As a fan of the show, I can't get enough of this place.)
In Tanzania, I asked a local safari company to help me on my trip. It was not a place I could have gone on my own.
From Kilimanjaro, we will enter a town called Arusha, and from there we will take a safari vehicle to Ngorongoro to reach Olduvai Gorge.
I have spoken briefly about Tanzania in advance this time.
In my next article, I will discuss "Why the Olduvai Valley?" and "The Origins of Humanity and Religion.
Thank you for staying with us today until the end.
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