TravelPod Member ReviewsUjamaa Hostel Arusha
“Safe and welcoming”
ejo 1 contribution
Mandurah, Australia
Jan 2, 2011
great place to stay in Arusha.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
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Arusha at last
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Wow wow and wow
Arusha is the centre of Africa – exactly half way between South Africa and Egypt and the roundabout is called the clock tower and it's a meeting point and where I get my bearings each day. It takes about 25 minutes for me to walk there from the hostel.
The absolute highlight of my day …
Daily Life in Arusha
It's Thursday and I caught the daladala [little mini bus, no bigger than Pop’s camper van, with a side sliding door] to "Danish" and shared the trip with many, many others including a character carrying 6 live chooks, 3 in each hand hanging them upside down between his fingers. When I think the daladala is jammed packed full and couldn’ …
Poor sore butt
As far as my memory extends, I've never before have I had such an injury as the one I’m dealing with today. Going to the bathroom is agony for two reasons 1) my quads feel like I’ve just climbed a volcano [funny that] and bending to reach the seat and get up again is almost impossible; and 2) removing my knickers makes the grazes on my …
The Slow Down
Food at the camp has been particularly good with yummy cucumber soup, roasted goat, vegetables, salad, pancakes and pasta.
The Maasai women have been doing a rain song continually for 24 hours and it worked because overnight it poured and everyone had a good nights rest due to the cooler conditions.
As I only had short shorts to …
The Wheels on the Bus Go ...
Some Australian visitors came to Cradle today who are staying at the School of St Jude's. Shane, Annette, Scarlett and Riley arrived in a St Jude’s bus along with a driver and Felix, the visitor coordinator. I took little Irene outside to get some air and a distraction cos she was grumpy and to check in on the littlies being home schooled in …


