Southern Sun Dar Es Salaam
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A quick tour of the capitol
Our original itinerary included an overnight to Zanzibar and then a final day in Dar Es Salaam. Unfortunately, right before we left for the trip the US had raised the threat level for these areas and the school, and parents, were all very hesitant to even let us go in the first place.
As a compromise, we had to skip Zanzibarm (which years …
Dar es Salaam
the Safari is over and is almost time for Stefano to go home. We fly back to Dar from Arusha for just one night and he leaves the day after. I'll miss him, we had a good time together.
Dar is quite uninteresting. The city started developing under the German rule but despite being today the largest city in Tanzania it doesn’t have …
Another Country, Another Hotel
I left Kenya yesterday and flew to Tanzania where I'll spend the rest of my working journey. I am staying at beautiful hotel that has it's own guard peacock. But as with everything, looks can be deceiving as the power goes out about 3 times a day. This happened in Nairobi too so just must be one of the things you learn to love about a place.
Peacocks on the Patio
Picked up at 11am by driver and whizzed through Stonetown finalising shipping of linen curtain fabric back to Australia (cost $120 for material plus $150 for shipping which in Aust was to cost about $2,000). Drama at the airport. Arrived well in time for booked 2.25pm Precision Air Flight 712 to DAR but aghast - we had been changed to earlier …
Dar to Mwanza
Hi folks! Just spent a few days in Dar meeting the staff of Columbia University's team. Its a large city (3 million) with cars and traffic and all. The Holiday Inn was beautiful. Food is mediocre everywhere, but the Indian cuisine is great. Wish I had a chance to walk or drive along the Indian ocean; I hear it's beautiful. Mostly spent time this …
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- Beach
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Fitness/Health center