Tilapia Hotel Mwanza

... . The pizzeria is staffed entirely by these kids, kitchen cooking, waitstaff, etc. Delicious pizza! My first meal away from the Tilapia Hotel. I have my first meeting with my superiors from Dar on Monday, they're coming to check up on my progress. ...

... 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 ferry out ...

... was founded by the settlers looking for the origin of the Nile, so it has some history going way back. I'm staying these months at the Hotel Tilapia,right on the water's edge. And parked in front of my room is the African Queen, the boat from the movie ...

... too scared to take the camera out!), and waited for our lift!  Can't remember the name of the hotel where we waited for our lift, but it had the name of a very popular fish. (Thanks to Mwanza Lover who refreshed my memory - it was Hotel Tilapia!) ...

... Kenya, I stayed on the African Queen (really the boat that the African Queen was chasing in the movie, but whatever) in the cute town of Mwanza, on Lake Vic in TZ.  A sweet resort that I will stay at a day longer next time, with a pool & 2 very ...

... and when I opened the brown chocolate it already turned white from old age - did not bother me-it was good ! One of the locals booked us in at a hotel for the night (not Hotel Tilapia) - thus paying "local" prices, not "foreigner" prices.  Bargain! ...

... We have also made a purpose of trying to create a life separate from the orphanage. Last week on Monica's birthday, we went to Hotel Tilapia to their Japanese Teppanyaki Bar. I did not even notice this existed last summer, but in a small hut hovered over ...

... to the Hotel Tilapia to use their wireless internet and devour their delicious curries and cakes. We also met another overland couple at Hotel Tilapia going the same route as us (up to Europe through the ME) and working around the same schedule (to be ...

... curved sails and pointy prows. H was treated with a great deal of respect in Africa, the locals calling her mama - in the hotel in Mwanza, the light went in her room and the maintenance guy said 'don't worry, we'll look after mama!'. We had all put ...