Peacock Hotel Dar es Salaam

... time a little more.

TIP: If you're heading to Zanzibar, pre-book your tickets as the ferries there can sell out quite quickly on the day (so I hear). And pack your passport, you need it for getting in and out of Zanzibar. Though Zanzibar is a part of Tanzania (in fact it is the "zan" in TanZANia), it is a security precaution to ensure no one slips in from the ocean.

... Wanted to spend the day in Dar with Mike but the ferry was cheaper earlier and there was nowhere to leave my pack if we wanted to go in to town. So I decided to take off and jumped on the ferry. Now as most of you know I enjoy scuba diving and fishing so have been on some pretty bumpy boats and although I some times feel nouxious I am rarely sea sick. I was surprised when a gentleman started walking the between the seats to pass out plastic bags. What was strange is that he only ...

... tour of the school - in each classroom the children stand up and sing songs when I come in. I could get used to this!

4.30pm Back on the road.....

4.45pm.... but we have to stop off at a house kaseem is working on to check on its progress.... and a tour of the village in which it's situated. The village is amazing and I'm sorry I didn't bring my camera - but then, I was only going to book a hotel ...

Well, I've left Morogoro and am en-route to Zanzibar... again! After our debrief session at Jess' on Sunday afternoon we all went back to the guesthouse for our last night in Morogoro while working with YCI! Unfortunately Katie had to spend the last night digesting the news that she has Malaria, but the next morning she was feeling well enough that we could go to Dar with the rest of the girls! So we hopped on the bus ...

Alright, where to begin? So, here we are, Ullyses my friend and I, Andreas. Together we set out from Cape Town South Africa 10 months ago! Wow, it's been that long already. We've backpacked all the way, hitch-hiking, little bit of public transport, but mostly in the bush, through: Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and now Tanzania. Our next stop? India! I have always wanted to go, Ully's been there ...

... to let me out so that I would miss my flight! I then went back to the convent and Violet was there as she doesn't stay at school at the weekend. She wanted to see me before I left so I had to say goodbye to her - when I gave her a hug, she cried! 2/11 - I went to church this morning - they told me that they were praying for me that I would be safe and come back to see them. I went to school and had some lunch with the children before saying goodbye to ...

... antelope, giraffes and buffalo... but I was happy not to see anything more aggressive!). That night Bob got the call that he'd have to return to Moshi to pick up the Germans, as they would be joining us the next day for the balance of the trip. The next day came, and after waiting on Bob for an hour he finally arrived with two Israeli ladies who would join us for the next two days before transferring back to Moshi. When I asked what happened to the Germans, Bob ...

... the Time, Daily Routine, Ordering food in a restaurant, Shopping in a market, Chinese Whipsers, Hangman, London, Tenses. What were the other volunteers like? = Cool, very friendly, about 40 of them. From: Australia, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Canada, UK. What did we do apart from teaching? = We went to beautiful beaches, went to the cinema, went to a water park, Went to some amazing crazy parties

Well I have returned for Zanzibar and am staying the night at Karen's house before I continue on to Zambia. Victoria Falls here I come. Zanzibar was good but a little bit frustrating. Let me start with the frustrating. There is a whole poplulation of men from 20 to 30 who's job is to make money off of tourists. I swear half of them don't do anything they just hang out waiting for tourists and try to snag a white girl. Because if they do ...