Kilimanjaro Kempinski Dar es Salaam

... 2 AM when it started moving toward Dar. As non-residents of Tanzania we were required to take the VIP section which was nice...it was air conditioned and they turned off the lights for us. The mattresses were thin and people make a lot of noise in the middle of the night so I didn't sleep all that well but it could have been much much worse.<br>The pictures I put up are from our last day in Zanzibar. We walked down the beach and found a sea ...

... new trainee for Tucan who was going to finish off the rest of the tour with us. At last another kiwi.<br>We'd all booked an upgrade because had sold the huts as being really cool and facing the ocean but the one that me and Fergal had faced back to the camp so we passed and went for the tents.<br>

... too literally though as it was the first wildlife we had seen in a while (mostly giraffes and zebras) and we figured reversing to get a better view technically wasn't stopping anyway...<br><br>Arriving in Dar es Salaam was a bit of a shock to the senses not least because we hit a traffic jam &#8211; the first for weeks. We crawled through the city and past the fish market to get a ferry connecting the city to ...

... off. If this seems unlikely for commercial air carriers, welcome to Africa. The most awesome smile was waiting at the airport - Vinikute Kilimile. In 2004, Paul and I met Vinikute in the small village of Nyanzwa and he became a part of our family as we sponsored him for a business degree at Tumaini University. He did extremely well at Tumaini, taught there for a year, and is now in Dar working on a Master's degree in Finance ...

... so I took in charge and told them what to do as they weren't working as a team - of course they do needed a leader like me - Haha! Afterwards, I went to have lunch with Judith in her house which was really nice because her kids sang some English songs!!!   16/12 - We went to the school and there was this situation with Praygod; his family were going to Moshi but he refused to go; the school is home to lots of the children as when they go home, no-one can communicate with them.  He too ...

... the orphan village and helped the nuns by playing with them, feeding them, bathing them, etc... 27/09 - We went to school and played dodge ball with the kids as they love it so much. (Even when the school is on holidays, not all the children go home). Afterwards, we went to the orphan village to play with the children there, they all seem to love us going to see them. 28/09 - Laura and I went to the church - we forgot our money which was so bad! We then ...

... Afterwards, we went back to have lunch at the motel.  Next to the motel is a snake park and it was scary because the guy who owned it told us about the snakes and then started to make the cobras angry; they went to attack us but they couldn't because they were trapped in a cage! We left quickly for the park as we were hoping to see a male lion. We saw a female lion so the tracker decided to go further into the trees and bushes.  The female lion was about 2 metres away ...

... a bit! 11/09 - The girls went to Zanzibar until Sunday, so I brought some more paint and finished off another wall which was done quite quickly. I normally give the kids my camera and they take hundreds and thousands of photos which was brilliant! The kids told me that I was on the same level sign language as them which made me feel very good! After school, I went back to the convent and had supper with the nuns - I taught them sign language and they ...

We had another really rough crossing back to the mainland - never again! I thought being a cornish girl , who has spent many a day on the sea with my Dad I would be fine - but nope looks like as well as bus sick, car sick and plane sick I get sea sick too - great traveller eh. Surprised that I have lasted so long... and the sea sickness tablets were rubbish!!!!! Just spent the day relaxing before we head north.