Mwanza Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Hey everybody!! I am still alive!! I'm sorry I haven't written anything, but internet is quite hard to find here!! I only have 15 minutes left of my computer time, so I better be quick!! Travelling went pretty good! I met a guy called Hasan at Heathrow, and we realised that we were going the same place: Dar es Salaam. So we kind of travelled tog...

Hey! It's been a while since I've come to town; I'm not always up for the dala dala ride and I've been busy with the soccer tournament. It was organized by some of the volunteers that have been here for a while. There were 10 teams playing all day Saturday and Watoto Wa Africa not only made it to the finals, they came in second place! They were ...

Mambo!! Wow, wow and wow...not nearly enough time to begin describing and many things even beyond description. I am safe and sound, and yes mom, definitely washing my hands. It is so unbelievably amazing here and the people are very warm and friendly. I went to the orphanage and met most of the kids. The conditions are far worse than I imagined....

When I first told my father that I was traveling to Tanzania to volunteer at an orphanage, his response was, "Are you bringing back a kid?" I chuckled and told him no, but he proceeded to reason that going to an orphanage was like going to the dog pound. "If you go to the dog pound, it's really hard to not get a dog. I would think an orphanage i...

Thursday, July 30 was Michelle's last day at the orphanage. To be honest, I was personally in denial this was occurring. The last few days that Michelle was in Mwanza she was doing quite a bit of shopping with Gloria buying things with the money she raised for the orphanage. I did not see her as much those days, but prior to that had literally ...

So, there we were back in Dar. We spent a few days on South Beach camping in the tents provided, living off Chipati's and tomato for breakfast, Chipati and avo for lunch and Chipati and beef stew for supper. A really healthy diet, the life of a backpacker! We then made our way to Zanzibar on the ferry and met up with Sash and George, The Austria...

N is for Onion: Challenges of Teaching English Hands of Mercy July 7 - July 16 By the second week, I had developed a steady routine. I am usually the first one awake in the house. With the exception of the rooster's crowing (which happens twenty-four hours a day), the mornings are generally quiet. I use the time to slowly drink my coffee and rea...

On Tuesday after our unforgettable lunch, we each taught one more class and then crammed into a daladala for the trip to Mwanza. Being my second daladala ride, I was able to slightly relax and take in the scenery. Mwanza is nicknamed Rock City as thousands of large boulders dot the landscape. I was again struck by the number of people simply aro...

I think that was one of Sir Lourens' titles. Perhaps mine should be more like the long way there. Eager to sample one of Africa's notorious train rides but not finding any on my preordained route, I took matters into my own hands and invented a bit of a detour. On the advice of others, including whoever wrote my guidebook, I wanted to travel to ...

Today we are spending the day in Mwanza, me catching up on blog entries and Matt going into town to fix Foxy. We had to turn off both car batteries so that the headlights would turn off. Luckily there is a Landrover garage listed in one of our guidebooks so we're hoping the problem will be fixed today. Like our new car sticker says, "No Hurry in...