The Oyster Bay Hotel
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Masai jumping, lively church and lots of kiddies!
... in desperate need of some love and play it is a real challenge but a real pleasure at the same time. We quickly realised the majority of them, even the older ones, don't know the alphabet and they all lack concentration and the ability to do what we ask them so we have gone back to basics and are trying fun ways using trees, the outdoor space and running around to get them learning. Its not surprising we find it ***********trol them as we don't hit them with a ...
On To Dar es Salaam
... at a banquet table on the veranda. There are TV cameras and lights everywhere. Our waiter explains these kids are finalists on Tanzanian Idol.
“You are so lucky,” he says, “because American Idol is a much better show. Here, they send people to the villages to find these young people and then bring them here to the hotel to teach them table manners.” We didn’t have the heart to tell him we were not “Idol” fans.
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Out of Africa
... sort of transition out, even if we ended up getting some sort of curried liver thing because it was the cheapest thing on the menu. Yours Truly then continued his cultural experiences by watching over an hour of cricket on the television in the hostel lobby as we waited for our taxi driver (prearranged from the day prior for 20,000) to show up and take us to the airport.
At the airport is where things start to get fun. All was fine and dandy, we ended ...
Introducing TZ
... of the farm house realized they knew each other. Speaking to the very Cape Townian manager afterwards, I found out he also knew all my Rondebosch cousins :) After our night in Iringa, we started early for our longest (in terms of time, not distance) drive of the trip. Again, the scenery driving through TZ was beautiful, and so interesting. We drove past many roadside markets, where the locals ...
Travel Days are Bad Blog Days, Part 2 of 2
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Yeah, we’re cooking now. Maybe it’s the malaria pills that are digging out this somewhat loony internal dialogue and putting it on public display. They are supposed to cause paranoid schizophrenia you know. My consolation is that many great authors throughout history were at various stages of mental insanity and/or on various pharmaceuticals, so I’m on the right trajectory at least. Or perhaps it’s the utter lack ...
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Amenities
- Room service
- Swimming pool
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Business Services
- Free parking
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