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... quite a bit. To give us a chance to understand, experience and compare we decided to head to Tanzania and it's capital Dar es Salaam (or "Dars" as known by locals). We really didn't know what to expect but the pulse of the city felt ...
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... ! His girlfriend had some friends who were staying for the first few days, so we needed to find accomodation for a little while. Dar es Salaam is a teeming city of 5 million, but right now, it seems much smaller than that, due to the fact that it's ...
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... drove us into a deep unconciousness for most of the journey, arriving late at night into the dark, empty streets of central Dar es Salaam. The first hostel we tried was fully booked and the staff awkward so rather presumptuously we took this as a sign ...
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... , and as our less than cautious driver had us careering over potholed dusty roads, I was reminded of the journey through Southern Ethiopia. We arrived in Sumbawanga intact, though admittedly this was mainly due to good luck, and can njow also say that ...
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... last 10 years, and it seemed she too hadn't been able to leave the Northern beaches, having, apparently, never even seen the southern beaches (3 hours drive away). So, we actually made it off the island to start our trek, leaving Chrissy and Josh behind, ...
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... Back on the coast and heading north we found our way to the Makadi Beach Resort situated right on the beach along the southern beaches of Dar, about 3km south of the ferry and away from the helter skelter of the main city. Run by Aussies we left ...
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... revealing mirrored saucer after saucer. Kampala is big and bustling, but not nearly as aggressive as neighbours Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam. Roads are less congested and the green city spreads over hilltops for 20km. Greetings, the daily, introductory bond ...
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... ;Dar es Salaam Nina (Canada) Working in Dar es Salaam, Friend of Chrystal’s. Still in irregular contact – Dar es Salaam Stewart (UK) Manager of the Zanzibar Football team – Zanzibar Paul (Canada) Travelling down from Egypt, shared ...
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... -title DEEP BREATH) So there I was eating and drinking my way blissfully through east and southern Africa – I’ve been to Kampala, Dar-es-Salaam, Johannesburg, Harare and am currently in Juba since my last communication with an overnight ...
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... My cell phone got ripped off so I have no way to call my Zanzibar friends for a ride and I am facing 8 hours in the Dar es Salaam airport with not wayto call anyone to keep my company. It's okay though. Hakuna Mutata-no worries. It'll all work out; ...
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... at the station smoking before we left and made a mental note to keep a good eye on my things. As we left Dar es Salaam we passed the inevitable shanty towns on the outskirts of the city before the flatter lands started to give way to Tanzania's ...
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... hours stuck in traffic, sandwiched between trucks, minibuses and dalla dallas. Surely the bloke came up who came up with the name Dar Es Salaam (which translates as ‘haven of peace’) was taking the piss. We searched in vain for the hotel, and ...
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Dar es Salaam Sunday, July 4 The train rocked and rolled all night but never too fast and kept stopping at all the stations. When I got up it was already 9am but I couldn't tell how bright it was outside because the windows were closed. The sleep was ...
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... , vidi, NON-vici’d in Ethiopia. There is definitely something in mid/east Africa that attracts. Down through Mombasa, Dar es Salaam (Haven of Peace) and find the Italian connection in Zanzibar as well. Here lodges vie with local villages, one ...
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... again, and smelled the smells of poverty and dried fish that I had become accustomed to while in Dar es Salaam. I missed it, I realized that when I saw it all again. There is nothing more important to me than seeing authenticity. ...
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... as everything is quite cheap, and most people do not have change. (this goes for he whole country other than Dar es Salaam and other major tourist areas, the number of times we have gotten stuck because no one has change enouh for the ...
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... at the docks. The powerful boat sped us out to sea. The Indian ocean lay blue and calm with the dismally ugly Dar es Salaam disappearing on the horizon. It’s tall soviet buildings blurring in the pollution haze. On the boat I realised I know ...
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... down and sideways rocking the weary travelers around me into a zombie like state of peace. When we arrive at the port of Dar Es Salaam I am foggy from the ride and am trying to make it to the bus station to find a bus heading towards Malawi. ...
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... . There are boats that sail directly from Pangani to Zanzibar, and most tourists either take the big fast ferry from Dar es Salaam or fly. But all of those options would be much too simple and straightforward for us. Instead, we opt ...
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... on hold for 7 minutes and decide to cut my losses after 42 dollars and still no live person. Then they call the local office in Dar Es Salaam for me. I go through the flights with the woman and finally I ask how much it will cost. Oh, she says, I have no ...