Dar es Salaam Hotels - Reviews and Rates

After the Serengeti we stopped at the Olduvai Gorge (or Oldupai Gorge as the Masai people call it). This gorge is where some of the earliest footprints and bones were found that show that people walked upright. (This place was not for creationists). They found the bones of "Lucy" in Ethopia but this was the place the really started the investiga...

Tanzania______humps, bribes and high speed buses_____


We crossed over the Malawi-Tanzania border, twice. First attempt appeared to be going well until it was time to sort out Rufus'paper work. The officials needed a copy of ownership papers, no problem, oh they didn't have a photocopy machine. We had not had the foresight to be prepar...

November 10th -We left Stone Town for Dar Es Salaam by ferry, a 2 hour trip on a large modern boat. The Safari Inn was close to the port, about a 10 minute walk. We found it quickly and got a decent room. From Stone Town, we had "reserved" tickets on a train to the town of Mbeya for Nov.11/08. Brock took a taxi from the hotel out to the station ...

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! ...

Hoped to go diving this morning and got up at 6.30 am to be picked up. We are staying near one the best dive sites in Zanzibar. Unfortunately we have to fly back to Dar in the afternoon and it would be to dangerous for me to dive if the flying is less than 12 hours. A pity. Had a swim in the sea and loafed around the resort with Pat until we wer...

So today has been spent trying to get copies of my passport certified, need to send for work/road permits for South Africa and Namibia. Go to the police as insructed. Police say no, we do not do this, you must go to immigration. Go to immigration. Immigration says no, we do not do this, you must go to your embassy. Embassy is closed. Sigh.....lo...

Our taxi driver was no where to be found this morning. Luckily, our hotel manager got the security guy to walk us to the bus terminal which made us feel a lot more comfortable. It was quite the walk. We would pass by small fires in the middle of the road. These fires were started by the locals. Not sure why but I think it was to fight the mornin...

We arrived at Coral beach hotel by Taxi, after driving through a very exclusive area of Dar Es Salaam, with many embassies, consulates and very impressive private homes. Coral Beach was an equally impressive hotel, but we managed to squeeze into the same room as Mark and Margaret so we afforded one night of luxury! We met Jennifer for dinner and...

Hello all! -- I had a good weekend, it was quite relaxing, I lazed around the hotel, went to the internet café, and signed up for Swahili lessons which I will take M, W, F from 4:30-6PM. I went to the gym and paid for a month membership, the gym is really nice and only really for ex pats, it was $100 per month, more than NY sports club! Sat nigh...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  I am very thankful that I will not be missing out on turkey dinner this year and that there are two large ex-pat turkey dinners happening, one today and one on Saturday.  Tonight's dinner is rumored to have 40 people and 10 turkeys.  I'm excited about the dinners but I do wish I were home in MA celebrating with friends and f...