Iringa
Travel Blogs from Iringa, Tanzania
Baobabs, Boulders, Baboons and Big trucks
Version traduite plus bas... We stayed at old Farm house, 50kms from Iringa Sept 22, Baobabs, Boulders, Baboons and Big trucks....toward Iringa Days go by but certainly do not resemble each other. If the campsite in Mikumi was not to my liking, the one ...
The Cast and Crew of the Big Brother Truck
... on the beachfront camp site in Dar es Salaam it was time for our longest drive yet (about 11 hours) to southern Tanzania. Seems like a good opportunity to introduce you to my fellow passengers: Swiss Susy The only passenger my age! Lives in Basel ...
Iringa
... with the help of our trusty ear plugs we both had a restful night. The next day we spent walking about the small town. Iringa is the main base for safari's heading out to Ru aha National Park situated some 130kms away. Unlike Arusha we didn't get ...
Off to Iringa
... we were doing. We asked for the owners and she said they're inside at the bar. We went in and there, in the middle of Tanzania, in a run down bar, sat two Finnish men having some beers. Apparently Jouni and Jarmo set out on the 7th of April to see the ...
Hujambo Tanzania!
... in big whoops and cheers. We couldn't understand why. 3 Malawian Kwacha is about 2 US cents! We arrived at the Malawi/Tanzania border at 10am, our intended time. Procedures were pretty smooth again, there was just a bit of a wait while someone had ...
Chitimba to Iringa
... overland truck for the boarder crossing - it was painfully slow being processed in the Malawian office, but much quicker entering Tanzania. It was a very long day of driving, but the campsite was really nice and we upgraded to converted stables ...
Making more work
We arrived in Iringa yesterday. I always enjoy a sneak preview of the market and after quickly washing my laundry and setting up my tent I made tracks for town. First on the hit list, some local food. 'Never shop on an empty stomach', thats my motto. ...
Safari
... . When these people have spent 2.5 months with sporadic water, electricity, and horrible daladala rides, then they might have a case. Iringa, one word, actually 2, nice & COLD! well chilly anyway. It was so nice to spend a night where i actually had ...
King of the jungle
... the natural history museum a little... Apparently Ruaha is regarded by those in the know as one of the best national parks in Tanzania, and it doesn't take long to see why. The place is absolutely flooded with wildlife. You can barely go five metres ...
Happy Halloween!
... learn about thislittle oasis of craft making. It is so cool, and all of the things people learn to make can be seen throughout iringa. I am doing my ethnograohy project here and so I will be able to learn more about the infrastructure of the place and how ...
Tanzania
Sunrise over Malawi lake. Tanzania border crossing. Banana and tea plantations abundant. The longest travel day so far. A lady carrying potatoes on her head crosses the road as we approached without looking. Horn sounded, brakes. She rushes and drops many ...
More driving on the bus
Genrally speaking, I am begining to pick up signs of frustration from everyone on the tour. We spend an awfull amount of hours on the bus going from A to B. And unfortunately we are not allowed to get out much and interact with the locals. Personally as ...
valley of the baobabs
... our own reliable vehicle, we should try some of the secondary routes, the roads less travelled. If ever we were to return to Tanzania, the well-trodden tourist hot spots would always be accessible. So finally, our plan was to try out the B127 dirt road ...
Hello Tanzania!
... into ever more rugged mountain scenery. We were heading for the campsite at the Old Farmhouse at Iringa, still 600km away from Dar. - - - - - - - Tanzania has a different feel already from Malawi. The houses and buildings are, on the whole, more ...
Another road day…on to Iringa
... of the day before, and played a ton of games on the truck to pass the time. We briefly visited the city of Iringa, although I can’t say the area we went was too memorable. It was nice to walk around a bit and interact with other people ...
mvua mbwa na paka nje leo
... lodge and writing up our public health synthesis paper and also our ethnographies. So many cool things have been learned recently, Iringa has defnintely been a cool and eye opening experience. Many ideas have come together, ideas that will come home with ...
Another transit
Drove through Mikumi National Park. Spotted: Elephants Giraffes playing with horns Small flock of ...
Giraffe are curious and Elephants are loud.
... city buying onion seeds. We had a good evening of chatting with him, his English was pretty good, about live in southern Tanzania. "It's a hard life, but we're happy." was one of his mantras. It was hard to understand him sometimes, but ...
Iringa
May 28: Nothing much from today other than crossing into Tanzania. Immediately we started working on our swahili phrases with the locals. We drove most of the day to get to Iringa to stay at one of the nicer campsites so far. We had a traditional Maasi ...
a muddy day
... and see the famous Serengeti National Park and Ngorogoro Crater. It would cost a small fortune, but when would we be back in Tanzania again? The whole evening felt a bit surreal: yesterday we were sitting and chatting with 4 Maasai men at a deserted ...
Lions, Elephants and Zebras - from a bicycle!
... 're not stupid, there's plenty of souls needing saving in the highlands where the climate is more agreeable....) One more week in Tanzania, then on to Malawi! We met some folks this morning working at an orphanage down near Tukuyu - the last Tz town ...
Well the god's must be watching
... outside. The farms were all terraced and covered every inch of mountain I could see. A site that I did not expect to see in Tanzania, and it was cold too, another thing I didn\t expect to feel. All the people in Tchenzema live off their farms and have ...
Sausage Truck
... also have to do potwash and other such things, its not too bad thogh. Sitting on the truck has given me time to reflect on Tanzania - its pretty good for British people as there is a lot of familiarity, the language, 3 pin plugs, driving on the left, ...
Pole Pole to Tanzania
... the calls of the fisherman as they returned with their morning catch. The entire day was spent driving 550 km to reach Iringa in Tanzania. The border crossing was very relaxed and made even easier as many people had pre-arranged visas. It was ...
The Nightmare Before Christmas
... . I had a lot of fun in Zanzibar but it had to be my least favourite place so far. The 8 hour overnight ferry back to Tanzania was pure hell. It started off well - we got our own compartment and I nabbed a nice space to lie down on a matress. My ...

