Dodoma, Tanzania Travel Blogs

Eat Dust Dodoma
Aug 13, 2006

... well stay one night in Dodoma, plus I felt like I needed a shower. It's important to know at this point that Dodoma is actually the capital of Tanzania, it really shouldn't be, but it is. And what I didn't know when I arrived was that parliment was in ...

Day 206 - Tanzania, Bush Camp 1 - Lake Bath
Jun 2, 2009

... preparation for dinner. Weren't sure how driving whilst cutting would go but it went by without incident thankfully. Tanzania is a beautiful country with green hills/mountains everywhere. Very similar to Sri Lanka actually with lots of tea plantations ...

Shikamoo Mama!!
Dec 17, 2006

... picking up swahili pretty easily - can do a basic eye test in swahili now - there's somethign to put on my resumee!! haha. Tanzania is really pretty - heaps of nice scenery every day. The kids are great - always smiling and waving and shouting out "Mambo" ...

A Roundabout in Dodoma
Jan 19, 2008 (2 photos)

... things are bad in Kenya I chose not to go the usual route of Moshi-Nairobi-Mwanza.  Instead I traveled to Dodoma in central Tanzania.  It was in Dodoma my journey got interesting.  I wasn't surprised however because you always hear these ...

TIA - for real
Nov 20, 2009 (35 photos)

... has been quite an experience… It is the Africa that most people never see.  It is smack dab in the middle of Tanzania – about as far removed from the places most tourists go as you can get.  It is technically the capital, but for all ...

Wedding Day
Aug 16, 2008

I wish I could just show the video I took of the wedding because I am not sure I can adequately describe the scenes in vivid enough words. Some Hearts of Hope girls took part in the wedding, they all dressed in my room after playing with jacks and glow ...

Hello from Dodoma
May 11, 2008 (10 photos)

Hello Everybody I want to start by saying that Kenya and tanzania are beautiful countries. I don't have much time so I will just try to give you a brief synopsis of what I have been up to. But first before I update you I will let you know a little bit ...

Kitchen Party
Aug 14, 2008

Today I thought I was going to tour the hospital that some Minnesotans helped to build and climb Simba Hill. But I ended up spending all afternoon in a beauty salon getting kanga'd again. We created quite a stir. Mzungu mfunga kangas - white people ...

Dododoododoma
Jan 28, 2007

- Do you speak English? - Yes. - Good. What is 'roasted figo'? - Is roasted. - I understand that it is roasted, but what is figo? - Is roasted. - You don't speak English, umm? - Yes

Mbalawala Village
Nov 15, 2005

hi there every body!

dodoma
Mar 26, 2007

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Traditional Night
Aug 13, 2008

Everything you think is going to happen and what time is will happen is subject to change at any time. I got settled in my room and met my roommate, Linda, a Tanzanian friend of Happy's. She is from the Kilimanjaro region and goes to Brandeis with ...

The Reception
Aug 16, 2008

The reception hall was a newer conference center outside of town. We sat outside at tables on the grassy lawn. The families paraded in as the MC announced them. Happy's side was packed. Jeremy's side had only Jan and Tim. I stood near the entrance talking ...

Dodoma
Jul 22, 2008 (4 photos)

... to drop my greek salad on my lap on my white tropical suit. Arrived two hours late in the dark at the New Dodoma Hotel which suggests the old Dodoma hotel may have been seriously lacking. Had a very nice dinner with the Tanzanian CPA. Some really ...

Drive to Dodoma
Aug 12, 2008 (4 photos)

... . So we got some gas at the next station, but not a full tank because they thought the next one had cheaper gas. With full tanks, we drove on to Dodoma, arriving mid-day. Before we extricated ourselves, the Bishop said a prayer for our safe journey.

Culture Fatigue
Aug 15, 2008

... who crows and crows and crows in the early morning hours answered by the barking dog but it makes me smile. If I lived in Dodoma, I find a room where the window does not open over the chicken coop. I like waking to lowing of the cattle and the high ...

Off the hook?
Mar 16, 2009

A spectacular drive through baobab tree forests. The contrast of lush green vegetation and brick red earth was very photogenic (though I didn't take any photos). Corn, millet and sorghum mark the landscape, people wave and smile as we pass. An issue ...

Dodoma
Oct 9, 2004

... fijn maar simpel hotelletje gebleven, en heb ik gezwommen in het zwembad van een ander, duur hotel. De mensen in Dodoma waren opvallend relaxed en vriendelijk! Veel leuke praatjes gemaakt. En de blanken DIE ik er zag, leken er ...

The Trip That Broke the Hartsel Sketchiometer
Sep 8, 2007

... a little bit of time to spare.  It was so stressful.  The rest of the ride was fairly uneventful.  Tanzania is a beautiful country.  The landscape is very dramatic especially in the setting sun, and no one has sunsets like Africa.  ...

Dusty Streets Of Dodoma
Jan 11, 2008

Supose to be the capital, you would of thought it! I used this purely as a transit town to break up the trip to Mwanza and it id not even worthy of that.

Dodoma
Aug 29, 1990

The capital Ciry of the country, not that anyone would know it!

Dodoma
Jul 23, 2008 (3 photos)

... . The bus was sent back for Pat and Katie to take them shopping but it was too late. They had already gone. Fortunately Dodoma is a bit lacking on the shopping side although apparently they found a little helper who took them round what there was. When we ...