Tazara fun
Hello again! It’s been a while, but, well, wow is the internet funky here in Tanzania.
Anyway, we took a bus from Livingstone to Lusaka (Zambia)…about an hour in the driver stopped to take a pee. Like a road trip pee. Like, pulling off to the side and just peeing. I thought, oh geez, here we go, now we’re in “real Africa”, where the buses don’t stop, they just pull over – but luckily for me, in “real Africa”, people have to pee too. Like in a toilet.
Once in Lusaka, we headed to the Chachacha Backpackers. As usual, it was farther than we thought. Perhaps a taxi would have been in order, but, well, we’re not that smart! When we were checking in, we asked the woman working there if anyone else was going on the Tazara on Tuesday (this is the Sunday before). She said yes and then proceeded to introduce us to this Aussie who we ended up sharing a first-class cabin with. They are 4-berth cabins, but since cabins are only single-sex we had to reserve a whole cabin if we wanted to be together. So we saved a bit of cash by finding a 3rd person – plus he ended up being really cool and well-traveled so we exchanged travel stories. Oh, did I mention it was a 2 day train ride?
John loved the train. Mmmm, me, not so much. He was like a doggie with his head out of the window. The food was very iffy and we were glad we brought some snacks and stuff. It was cool on the last day because we went through a game reserve and saw giraffe and elephant from the train. I’m not sure how great it was that the train actually went through a bunch of animals, but they must be used to it since it’s been there a long time.
Anyway, we made it safe and sound from Kapiri Moshi, Zambia to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A bit stinky, but, well, what can you expect?
Tags: RTW Trip, Tanzania
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