Golden Tulip Dar Es Salaam

... takes you through luxuriant rainforest, which can be very wet at times, and up to Mandara Hut (2700m). Around 11 kilometres are covered today and you should arrive at the hut during the middle of the afternoon. Passing through the Mandara Gate you walk on a wide track that passes through forest until it reaches a fork. If you rather a more direct and shorter trail to Mandara Hut you should choose the right fork. If you choose the left fork you are ...

I don't really have much to say yet, am just enjoying chilling in Dar with Fran and her family. Her daughter Malaika is sooo cute, it's nice to have finally met her and great to have converstaions in a mad mix of italian and Swahili! My Swahili is coming back to me and am loving speaking it again, its like I never left, especially when I arrived on Friday to chaos in ...

... Being just a couple kilometers away from the past week's bomb explosions, I was able to hear the local account of the disastrous impact that it had on the families of that area as they lost their homes and livelihood. The conclusion was nonchalant: "This is Tanzania, we are all suffering." --A surprising comment to come from what I viewed as one of the most stable countries in East Africa. Maybe there is more to this country that I could have ever imagined.

... although it has a ****** name in the guidebook for being 'grotty and a bit of a ****-hole', i would change that.. Next Morning off to Zanzibar on the 'flying Horse', Georgie very hungver. Met really nice guy called Dave who' been teaching in Kenya for a year!! seriously long time...i couldn't do it, also on his own, i would get too lonely, but it did sound very impressive, plus he was pretty good looking. Peace out Nicky xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ps. Next time....Zanzibar...

... as they live SO far away; I didn't realise how far away some of them lived until I looked on the map of Tanzania! After school, Alex and I went to Posta to get him a phone and go on the internet to tell everyone that he had arrived safely!  5/12 - I went to school and just chilled out with the kids. John (one of my favourites) asked me to let the Headmaster know that he is staying at the school over the holiday as he had to feed the chickens! The Headmaster said that he can stay ...

... shop and bought lots of sheets of iron. It was a long day because I had to go backward and forward from the school. But I was glad that I did it as we had to get the wood on the following day. The boys were not happy with me because they thought that I couldn't wash my clothes properly (which is true!) so decided to teach me how to wash! What a great day I had! 09/10 - The builders took the roof off and it looked really weird and completely open! I was ...

... may have corregated iron roofs but most don't. Yet the kids still come running to the roadside when they see us approach and wave as much as they can so we can see them. We still see random Masai men herding their live stock miles from anywhere. It is my team's turn to cook at tonights campsite. We have warthog sausages. Which adds to the other game we have already eaten: gizelle, kudu and buffalo. So far all the meals have been very good and we only ask what we have eaten ...

... woman dies in a hospital, her family is told to pay all associated fees before the attending physician will pronounce her dead. If the family is too poor for a funeral or cemetary plot, then the doctor is authorised to permit them to dig a grave for the deceased on hospital property, in proximity to the sick, using whatever forces they can muster. If the only surviving family member is new to town, he will enlist the help of the foreigners he has ...

... still took it. I spent the afternoon updating my blog. I ran into Simona and Jonathon - the couple I shared my Elephant Chasing experience with. It was nice to see them again. For supper, I met up with Anders and Celia. We had a nice dinner and then I called it a night. Tomorrow I am off to Moshi where I will try to organize a safari as well as my climb up Africa's highest point - the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.

... Net op tijd (voor mijn maag) stond ik
weer aan land.



Ik had het hotel-advies van de Zweden gevolgd en kwam hen ook daar weer
tegen, zo leuk! Dit was ook een veel vriendelijker wijkje dan waar ik
eerst zat in D'Salaam, dus ik geef de stad toch een tweede kans.



Die middag liep ik ...