Going on a trip soon? I just came back from Tanzania. Before I left I heavily used the library to prepare for my trip. Here are some examples of what I found at the library:
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Books on CD for learning Swahili - Swahili travel phrase books
- Travel DVDs on Tanzania
- Music CDs from Tanzania and Zanzibar
- Travel guidebooks by Lonely Planet and the Rough Guide
- Fiction books written by Tanzanian writers
- Travel literature about Tanzania and East Africa by writers such as Peter Matthiessen
- Interlibrary-loan book requests for books that the King County Library System doesn't own about travel in Tanzania
- Animal and bird identification guides for East Africa
- Information about Tanzania from databases such as the "International Relocation Center" where I learned it is impolite to hand people food with my left hand
- Web Links from the King County Library System homepage about Tanzania
I felt really prepared before leaving, but still experienced culture shock! Nothing can really prepare you for the sights, smells and sounds of a new place. Happy travels.
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