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A glimpse of Mt Kilimanjaro welcoming us
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Coke bottling depot on the old Arusha-Moshi road enroute to NM-AIST
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Crossing a small river right before NM-AIST
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Finnish ambassador H.E. Sinikka Antila also visited NM-AIST briefly
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Having lunch and good discussions already with Professors Omar and Patrick Ndakidemi
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Second Secretary Jussi Nummelin from the Finnish Embassy in Dar came for a brief visit as well with the Ambassador
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Prof. Mwamila welcoming Her Excellency
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Nearly all of the academic staff were present in the meeting
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A lot of presentations and good starting discussions in the two days of our visit
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Finnish ambassador H.E. Sinikka Antila speaking about the Finnish-Tanzanian cooperation
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Jussi and Eugene sharing experiences on climbing Mt Meru
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Group photo at the main building
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Prof. Mwamila gave a tour of the campus to Jussi and H.E.
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NM-AIST main building has a really cool forum in the center
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Campus is surrounded by beautiful nature - here is the student building
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We also did a good tour of the campus
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NM-AIST library aims to be 80 % digital and 20 % physical. Now it's still 100 % digital (first classes started just two weeks ago).
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On the walking tour. Students - or colleagues as they're called at NM-AIST - have a nice surrounding for their studies
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PhD student houses
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Semi-detached houses for PhD students suitable for a small family. I think the rent was about 250 USD per month.
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Apartment building for Master's students
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Mt Meru overlooking the campus
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In one of the Master's student flats. These are 100 USD per month.
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Prof. Mwamila is thanking us for the visit...
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...and we agreed to come back already in a couple of weeks to start the activities and trainings.
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Lunch and a bit of rest at Lake Duluti before going to the airport