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View from our room - magic! View from the rooom (don't be put off, its a safe, friendly area) Mount Meru - the view from Room 502 - my window bedroom

Arusha Crown Hotel

Makongoro Road, P. O. Box 854 Arusha, Tanzania

Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelArusha Crown Hotel

Exhuasted and Excited

A travel blog entry by gingerschilling

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I took a bus very early this morning from Nairobi, Kenya to Arusha, Tanzania. I used to say "You never lived until you rode in a cab in Mexico." This bus driver put Mexican cabbies to shame. However, I am so glad I chose the bus. Not only was it less than 1/10 of the cost of flying, but I got to see some of Kenya's and Tanzania's countryside. …

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Heri ya Krismas

A travel blog entry by admirawrl

... quite outnumbered in the XX:XY ratio. In the XY corner there is Alistair, Elliot (who I've never spoken to) and myself (there were also some volunteers from Dar es Salaam but I didn't know them). In the XX corner there is: Julie, Kerstin, Luisa, Agnese, Lauren, Robyn, Carolin, Mette, Sietske, Noelle, as well as a few others I don't know so well. Such proportions don't really bother me, I still get along with everyone, but I often feel left out from whatever they're ...

The Town of Arusha

A travel blog entry by admirawrl

... than trying to make it through the foray of people on our first day, four of us decided to take a taxi back. This however may not have been the best choice, considering five minutes after we got in an impatient dala-dala driver accidentally crashed into the back of us. No one was hurt, but the taxi driver was hurling Swahili expletives in every direction, so we figured it was best we get out and find another way home.

We eventually made it, thus ending another day.
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They call them Dalla Dalla

A travel blog entry by rachoudshoorn

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... I figured out what the problem was: apparently driver one had to pay driver two for his nine passengers, they were however, disagreeing on the number of passengers, so driver one was choking driver two into submission. Brilliant. I pulled out a ten thousand out of my ‘breast wallet’ (they have them in Tanzania, in Canada they are called ‘bras’). I gave it to the upset girl and asked her to give it to driver one, to satisfy him. I guess this told her I was ...

"If you see a lion, DON'T run or you WILL die!"

A travel blog entry by sranmal

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... Ngorongoro Crater. The Ngorongoro Volcano, before it exploded and collapsed 2 million years ago, was one of the world's tallest mountains. Today, the crater is one of the most stunning natural wonders in the world, approximately 600m deep with an enclosed area of about 260km2 and is an important part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The sides of the crater are very steep, which creates a natural enclosure for a wide variety of ...

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