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Tanzania & Zanzibar Review

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Best Experience: Waking up in the middle of the night on Pongwe Beach in my bungalow hearing the howling of the wind.
Best Acommodation: Santa Maria Coral Park
Worst Accomodation: There weren’t any
Best Food: Lobster at Mercury’s
Worst Food: Pizza at Harborview Suites
Scariest Moment: Mosquito fights inside my net at my hotel in Stone Town
Best Scenery: Pongwe Beach

Hakuna Matata

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Jambo!

I have arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Home of Mt. Kilimanjaro, home of the Serengeti National Park, home of the Ngororongoro Crater, home of… well a lot of things that I am actually NOT seeing this time around.

Daisy should get in around 11pm tonight at our hotel. We’re staying in a 5 star with a view of the Indian Ocean. I know, really roughing it huh? I bought a 6 pack and a couple Stella Artois to celebrate with tonight. I went grocery shopping. Needed some potato chips of course. At the bottom of the hotel is a shopping mall with a casino… maybe I will try my hand at some black jack. It is actually really nice to be here right now. Slightly more familiar feeling than Ethiopia was and is a welcome change, if only for a couple of days. Tomorrow will be a full day in Dar es Salaam and then on Saturday we’ll fly to Kigali, Rwanda. I am hoping to be able to catch at least one of the championship games… preferably Colts/Pats but we’ll see.

I don’t have a whole lot of detail on Dar es Salaam yet because I just got in and I’m going to relax a bit. I will say that I feel like I’m back in Florida in August. It is HOT here. I left the cool brisk air of Ethiopia for the humid, stagnant, disgustingness of the tropical world. I am sure Daisy, being from Seattle, will be OVERJOYED at the weather. It is going to take a day or 2 for me to get back into it but really it is no different than being at home in the summer. Well, except no central A/C outside of the hotel here.

Oh well! I’m in Africa and as they say, HAKUNA MATATA. (it means no worries) I mean, incase you haven’t seen The Lion King. But I can’t imagine you haven’t.

Last day in Ethiopia

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
So, I made it through my time in Ethiopia. I told myself if I could get through this then the rest of the trip will be a breeze. It is unfortunate, just like my 2 weeks in Morocco ... [Continue reading this entry]