Coral Beach Club Dar es Salaam

... Marangu.

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Day 2: Start Kilimanjaro Ascent - Mandara Hut


Following breakfast at the hotel, you are met by your guides and porters and commence the assault on the summit, passing through a number of different landscapes along the way. Today’s ...

... into a false sense of security in that hot city!

Now I have to go search Blantyre for camping gas bottles (hmm, not too hopeful) and buy some other bits. I met up with Mike and he is now with the scout group getting our kayaks.

Hopefully will be off to the lake 2mrw, Blantyre isn't really very appealing. I flew over Lake malawi on the flight - looks big! and rough! hmmm.......

... and his group of American loving friends. After telling them what state I live in (eventually having to just describe North Carolina as "near Miami"), each one of the men took their turn bragging how much they knew about the US and refused to believe me that Mt. Rushmore was, in fact, not located in Arizona. From there we spent nearly three hours on those rickety benches chatting about everything from boxing to Obama to the cultural differences of East ...

... left. very exciting. ended up in same club as previous nihgt, where i think i may have consumed my body wegith in tequilla, starting off with a quick three as andy and i entered while Georgie and anthony played 'dare' outside, but really didn't think i was drunk. Also played a game where one of you closes your eyes and the other points to the drinks area, until closed eye person says stop, and you have to drink whatever it lands on, another fun game. Generally, had an awesome time in ...

... they seemed to be very keen to learn English - all the kids. It is not like when I learned English, everytime we had an English lesson, we always moaned - sorry Miss May and Mrs Beckett!) 08/10 - I went to school in the morning and then after break I went out to the place where they sell wood and iron sheets as the roof on the art and music room needed to be refurbished. I decided to take a friend with me, John (he is really funny!), I went to the ...

Today is a driving day. We spend a great part of the day driving from Arusha to Dar es Salaam - we stop overnight in a place called Tembo. During the drive we pass many villages and small pockets of homes. I'll describe a typical home. It is made from sticks and can only be as tall as the longest stick. They then layer over the sticks mud which then hardens and dries. The roof is generally made from branches, leaves, grasses. Very few have any type of window. Some of the newer ...

... Emmanuel, we depart with sincere promises to return the next day to help him dig and to participate in his sister's funeral. Back in our hotel, we sit in silence, unable to process the touching, horrible evening we've just experienced. Eventually, though, our hindsight focuses and a lucid overview of what has been presented to us allows us to walk away from this creep and his phoney situation without feeling any guilt. To recap: In Tanzania, when ...

... whole ferry smeled like puke. Although we didn't get sick, a lot of people did. It wasn't pleasant. When we got to the mainland, all 5 of us walked to the Holiday Hotel. Beth and Katie were already staying there while I recommended it to Anders and Celia. I actually felt bad for them as it was their last night on their honeymoon and the only room they could find was one with 2 single beds. What can you do ...

Maandagmiddag nam ik de boot terug naar Dar es Salaam, poeh, heftig ritje
van anderhalf uur over onstuimig water. De golven spetterden telkens metershoog
langs het raam en ik moest me erg concentreren om niet kotsmisselijk te
worden. Af en toe voelde het net als in een achtbaan, zo groot waren de
golven waar we dan af ...