Oyster Bay Dar es Salaam

... is ok to stroll around for a couple of hours. Oyster bay is more popular, here some volunteers are teaching some kids how to swim ;)   I didn't like Dar very much, after two days I felt it was time to leave. More pictures of Dar es Salaam ...

... ; a Government office was coming to speak to them about establishing a sign language class for parents who are based in Dar es Salaam – potentially this could be a very big project for the school so we were hoping the parents would ...

... easy in the morning, Nicky giving me my Mac lessons!  After the golfers returned from their 9-hole round, we went up to Oyster Bay where there was a market selling local crafts from Tanzania – it was great for Nicky as we killed so many shops ...

... that the attached photo says it all – true happiness from everyone involved and much hilarity!  I then headed up to Oyster Bay for my skype call with the Tanzanear Committee and Alison.  It was lovely to see everyone and I never ...

... and knew quite a bit! Karibu sana.  Jina langu Amy.  Mimi ni Mmarekani. Ninatoka jiji la New York. Sasa ninakaa Oyster Bay. Mimi si Mtanzania.  Ninafanya kazi Water Aid, meneja masoko wa choo. Jana nilisoma kitabu cha choo.  Leo ...

... his time, we ended up meeting for most of the afternoon. We took a drive in his imported top of the range Chinese Toyota landcruiser towards Oyster Bay on the north beach where I got to see the Seacliff Hotel (South African expat hangout) and a few of the ...

... incredible because it tasted like ice cream I get back home. After dinner, we decided to go to Maisha (Swahili for life); a club in Oyster Bay which is the ex-patriot part of town but local Tanzanians usually go to this club. We had lots of fun dancing ...

“This is Africa” or “TIA” is an expression that Western expatriates use here, usually invoked when something goes awry that would only happen in Africa. Ed tells me he thinks this is derogatory, but it is my ...

The finish line, at last. It has been 10 weeks. We have finished Africa, Phase 1 of The Plan.  Ten weeks is a long time to spend in Africa, and we were ready to leave when the time came.     The facts about ...