by Kelvin | Nov 10, 2026 | trip-to-tanzania
Most people who come to us for one of the carving tours in Tanzania have the Makonde carvers in mind, and fair enough, they're the main event. But almost every group does the same thing afterwards. They wander out of the workshop, into the gallery, and stop dead in...
by Kelvin | Nov 8, 2026 | trip-to-tanzania
You'll have seen dozens of them before you've even left Kilimanjaro airport. Bright cloth knotted at someone's waist. A baby asleep on a woman's back, wrapped up in print. A man at the luggage belt in a sharp, loud shirt that somehow works. Visitors tend to lump all...
by Kelvin | Nov 5, 2026 | tanzanite-jewelry
Somebody asks me about this most weeks. They've seen a blue stone in a window back home, or a friend has a ring they can't place, and they want to know: is it tanzanite or sapphire, and which one should I buy? Fair question. Lay a good tanzanite next to a good blue...
by Kelvin | Nov 3, 2026 | tanzanite-jewelry
Picking tanzanite is usually the quick decision. People walk in already sold on the stone. Then they stand at the counter for twenty minutes, sometimes longer, going back and forth between a ring and a pendant, phone out, texting a sister to ask what size finger Mum...
by Kelvin | Nov 1, 2026 | tanzanite-jewelry
Round about October, the emails change. Fewer people ask about game drives and more ask some version of the same thing: my wife, son or best friend has a December birthday, what do I get them? I've got an obvious answer, and it's sitting in a display case next door....
