Mwanza Hotel

... the cybercafe. My atm or mastercard don't work in the atm's here, so I may have to investigate some cash management strategies. The hotel is fine for now; they've promised me a larger room next week, they call it a suite, has a kitchen and more ...

Well, the luggage saga continues. Apparently it's arrived at Mwanza airport, but when I got there the woman with the "key" wasn't in, so I have to return later. American Ambassador visited today, so the traffic came to a standstill on the highway as he ...

... hotel, there was no booking for us!  A group of VIP's had arrived and taken over the whole hotel.  So there we were, stuck in Mwanza with no accommodation :(. Around 3 hours later (was dark already), our one co-pilot arrived back and informed ...

... trees. This stretch of road wasn't so good, so the going was slower. At Shinyanga we finally located a bus going to Mwanza. Unfortunately, it was almost completely empty so we had to wait for 2 hours while the sun was at its highest, ...

... and Egypt's stifling heat danced in our minds and we both agreed it was time to seriously consider putting in an air-conditioner, maybe in Mwanza or Kampala. Needless to say, we were happy to see the Park gate a couple of hours later. Now we can say we ...

... and had a beer at Serengeti stop-over point, which is this wierd restaurant/overland camping spot that sometimes sells I Heart Mwanza bumper stickers. Sadly, they were out of them. We kept plugging away on our journey, when we noticed a ...

... set for awhile. My Kiswahili class is going great. Have a nice white gal from Germany teaching me. Daily classes. Visited the Mwanza market today, outdoor stalls withall sorts of produce, fish,meat, and bout some things for my new kitchen. Had to ...

... bars DVD player and ordered our first Malawian Christmas meal… Beans and Rice. To be honest nothing had changed within Mwanza and people carried on with their day to day existence selling fruit, vegetables and mandazi. As we walked back towards ...

Mwanza is different in that it really isn't a typical tourist stop.  There is a very nice hotel we ate at, I think it was the Tilapia Hotel.  We lucked into staying at a health clinic out of the main town which was fantastic, and also took the ...

... minutes early for our scheduled 'check in' time of 6:45am. We took a seat in the cramped office sandwiched between a pile of Mwanza bound freight and the parade of handlers loading the same.  We were called to the bus and found our seats next to ...

Vrijdag afscheid nemen van Tom die naar huis gaat. Machteld, Ella, Hanna en Josh gaan naar Mwanza aan Lake Victoria. Dit is na Dar es Salaam de grootste stad van het land, maar dat voelt niet zo. Het doet Machteld aan Porto denken, alleen dan geen ...

... city center is. But it still have quite a rural embiance that I like. It's a shame I can't stay longer. Avoid Deluxe Hotel on week ends. (Fri, Sat and Sun) if you want to sleep. They play really laoud music! ...

... , that it is ok for her to be feeling angry and annoyed and violated.  We decided to have dinner at the New Mwanza hotel because it was completely devoid of harassers and had surprisingly good Indian food.  We spent a good three hours at dinner ...

... than four dollars) per night.      We spent the next day bumming around Mwanza and making sure we had food for our excursion to Rubondo Island the next day.  Mwanza is a very clean city, especially compared to Dar.  On ...

Now, my guide book described the journey from Dar to Mwanza as 'comfortable'. Perhaps National Express has set my expectations a little too high but after 18 hours on a bus with no air conditioning going at breakneck speeds over an absurd number of road ...

... even managed to sneak a peak out at one of the most gorgeous sunsets I have ever seen… We arrived in a little town called Mwanza, a little stopover before we head to Zanzibar for a couple of days and then onward for our final leg in Arusha.  We ...