Slipway 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 ...

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 ...

woke early for 9 hour bus ride to Dar es Salaam on the "Luxury" bus line. ha! What a wacko trip. Got to the slipway fairly late (9?) and it was lovely, but didn't really get to explore so much. Great room, great night's ...

... ; (the Head teacher wanted all the children to have school t-shirts to wear on 'dress down’ days; in primary schools in Dar es Salaam, Friday is a ‘dress down’ day but some children could not afford to buy a t-shirt – Nicky G had ...

... fish so both were chuffed. Another relaxing day on this beautiful island! Saturday, 19th February Today we headed back to Dar es Salaam.  Alison was taking Eddie back to the UK the following morning.  Before leaving we managed to download some ...

... -bye to some people who weren't staying at school for the weekend. 1/11 - I was supposed to go on a bike ride tour of Dar es Salaam with Holly and Hayley but I couldn't make it because I wanted to spend time with the children and I also needed to ...

... beautiful country! The weather is great here and obviously better than England!  I had to switch flight from Johannesburg to Dar Es Salaam.  I was really lucky because they sent me to the 'Gold Lounge' which means I can have all the luxury ...

... 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 ...

... 11th hour after trying in Arusha, Dar, Zanzibar and Mombasa. Nitty Gritty: We had prebooked our tickets for the 4pm ferry from Dar-es-Salaam to Zanzibar where we hoped to rest up at a beach, dive, and seek out the ghost of Freddie Mercury... After ...

... going out somewhere and complimenting the previous beer with further beer. Before all that though, a quick catch up. I am still in Dar es Salaam; a quick two day stay before hopping to Zanzibar has been extended and I am now in my 3rd day here with three ...

... crafts from Tanzania – it was great for Nicky as we killed so many shops in one trip!   We did pop to Slipway to collect my order (a surprise for someone?!) and to point out to the owner that Mr Tricks (Neville) was not my husband, but ...

... ; After a relatively easy ticket-buying excursion, we took some local transport up to the northern peninsula of the city to a place called Slipway, where you can forget you’re in a big capital and stay at a Doubletree Hotel and shop at one of the ...

... what to do - a good volunteer job each morning!  Left the school at 9.00am for a Corona Ladies coffee morning at Slipway - civilisation - hooray!  Everyone was very welcoming - thank you Lucy for telling them of my arrival and I agreed to talk ...