TZ Contact Information

Even though I'll be halfway around the world (quite literally!), I won't have fallen off the earth! Here's the best way to reach me while I'm away:

Send Email
& Check This Blog

Please reach me at Ms.Gordon@Ymail.com. (Notice: Ms DOT Gordon) Many of you have another email address saved for me, but please know this is the only email inbox I plan on checking regularly. Please save it to your contact list because I would LOVE to receive emails from you!  

The internet in Dar is about the equivalent of dial-up here. (Maybe a little worse, I will see.) To maximize my internet usage/time, I plan to check one email account and update this blog. Any other places on the web, like Facebook or other email accounts, are not a priority for me to check. (At least for awhile!) Photos and things like that will be posted on this blog, so make sure to come back!  :)

How Friends/Family Can Mail Things to Me

Use HOPAC’s address:

            Laura Gordon

            c/o Haven of Peace Academy

            P.O. Box 70027

            Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

I don't know how much postage will cost you.

Mailing Tips

The Tanzanian mail system is not always reliable.  You can expect mail to take as little as a week to get to me, or as long as six months or more.  Some tips for mailing me things:

• Never mail anything electronic or valuable.
• Be obscure on the customs declaration form.  For example, write “garments” instead of “clothes.”
• Don’t gift wrap things—the customs officials will just unwrap them.
• Never send anything by surface mail.  In the States, the post office will tell you that surface mail only takes six weeks, but in reality it will take at least six months.  Air mail really is the only option if you want me to receive your package before I leave Tanzania!
• Mailing envelopes that can fit into a regular-sized postal box arrive faster and more reliably than boxes.

Cards and notes would be most welcome! (And a few photos too?) They will sure make me feel less homesick when I can have them out and around to see.  :)

Kwa heri sasa (bye for now),

L