Dar es Salaam Lodges - Reviews and Rates

Dar es Salaam is the final leg of my African voyage. I have one full day here, and really I think that is a bit too long. There really isn't anything interesting to see here. Dar is a large noisy smelly city, much like Nairobi. Like many places, the beauty in East Africa is in the rural areas, not the cities. My day started at the internet café ...

hüt isches allso sowit g'si i bi z'erst mol in tanzania. s'klima isch feuchtwarm tropisch und es het mi fascht zrugg g'schlage wo i usem flüger g'stiige bi.

Sorry for not being in touch for so long, but I have been too busy to go to the internet cafe, but I am here now so here goes ....... 29/08- In the morning, I was woken up by the kids and played with them. We made a decision that I should stay in the convent on that night to see if I survived! I was very sad to leave the family behind but also I...

We caught the 9am bus to Dar es Salaam and arrived at about 4pm at a bus station on the outskirts of town. We bargained a taxi driver from 20,000 down to 12,000 TSh (should be about 10,000 Tsh/5 pounds) to take us into town. nearly forgot to mention that they put on an English Language DVD and it was the cheesiest chimp movies ever... and Karl l...

Allison, Chris and myself grabbed a 10 am mini bus back to Stone Town. I would take a ferry to the mainland while they would spend a night in Stone Town. While on the mini bus, I met a nice girl from Wales who told me all about her trek up Kili. I was glad I met her as she made me feel excited about my upcoming trek. I wasn't feeling any excitem...

If you are still reading this entry after seeing its title, you are a dedicated reader. Don't say I didn't warn you. I decided against going to Zanzibar today. Instead, I decided to invest some time and update my travel blog. I like the neighborhood I am in so I wanted to also check it out if I had time after my blogging. The plan is to go to Za...

Well here's an update of this past weekend. It was a rough weekend because alot of the volunteers I've been working with the past month left. We all got pretty close here. Friday: The first two volunteers left. Maggie and Robbie left early in the morning. It was tough to watch them leave. They both have such big hearts and cared so much for the ...

Finally I entered my country No. 99. There is one left to reach my No. 100

So amid concerns and protests that I don't update my journal regularly =), here is the update for the past week and a half. This past week at the nursery was interesting. Each day the kids seem to become more and more comfortable with the "white" teachers there. Meaning that they seemed to hit each other and us with more fervor than the week bef...

Somewhere in the space between his missing teeth and broken English, Sharif's story emerges. The 74-year-old taxi driver keeps his eyes on the road and gently toots the horn to warn the parked vehicle ahead not to pull out in front of his own small white Toyota. He's been driving "a long time," he tells me with a big laugh. In 1955, Sharif moved...