Kendwarocks Bungalows Zanzibar

Finally getting off that 30 hour bus ride was a relief! We were happy to be in Tanzania, but more excited to get over to Zanzibar. We wandered a bit around Dar es Salaam (capital of Tanzania) and then caught an afternoon ferry for the island. Actually, getting the ticket for the ferry was quite an ordeal. We took a taxi to the ferry docks and had touts running along side our cab as we rolled through the drop-off point. These touts bring you to the "ticket stand" and you buy your ticket and ge...

May 4, 2009 Aside from the time I've spend working at TAFCOM, visiting families and the Children's Center, I've also tried my best to explore East Africa's beauty. I have tried to get out as much as possible during my (short) 3 weeks here and have been fairly successful seeing all there is to see of this beautiful country. Before traveling here I was told many a horror story of the terrible infections, diseases and parasites I would surely contract upon setting food on African soil. Many of t...

So left Moshi and Kili behind and started traveling with Mike who I hiked up Kili with. This was the first time that I was traveling with someone this trip and it was interesting travbeling with someone. Started talking to the guy that was sitting next to me about Tanzania and learned a lot about the country and the people. Tanzania tried its hand at Communism and fell flat on it's face while it's neighbour Kenya went the capitalist route and prospered. This is one of the reasons why there ar...

After our awesome safari we spent a few days in kampala, during which time we were stopped once agai by the police, legit this time for going the wrong way downa 1 way st. By the time we paid 10.000 shilling we had miraculously become missionaries doing charity work and why bother the mzungas. Heather has the gift of the gab! there was some truth as we had just been to buy items for the Ugandan childrens camps. G & I flew to Arusha to begin another safari. Busy town lots of touts who are pers...

Saa er vi altsaa paa plass i Afrika - paa godt og vondt kan man si. Forst og fremst, helt fantastiske strender her -skulle gjerne vist disse paa noen bilder, men dette lar seg ikke gjore paa grunn av en **** paa nettet her som vi vel har sett bedre. Men strendene - krystallklart vann, palmer, og sand saa fin som vi aldri har sett for. God mat er det faktisk ogsaa, noe vi vel ikke hadde ventet. Naa har vi riktignok stort sett vaert paa turiststeder saa langt, saa det henger kanskje sammen med ...

Realizing that I had not given myself enough time to see Tanzania before I went to Kenya, I bagged the Malawi portion of the trip and decided to head straight to northern Tanzania. Why not Zanzibar? It is one of those exotic names that you grow up hearing and are always curious about, so why not just go? There was a direct flight, so I got there late and checked into a nice place. It was funny, when I was waiting for the flight I sat next to an older guy who worked for air tanzania (the airli...

And so, the end is near. I've just said my final goodbyes in the hospital and there are just a few hours left before we hop on the boat - again. Since the safari I've been fairly busy (in elective terms). I spent two days in a small village on the slopes of Mount Meru (Kilimanjaro's little-ish sister) which was a cultural tour aimed at giving an insight into how people live outside the cities. I was worried this might be a somewhat voyeuristic experience, which it mostly was, but I'm pleased ...