Blogs from Tanzania, Africa - page 390

After one more overnight stay in Dar es Salaam, we headed North for another night in Tanga. It was nice to be familiar with the place upon arrival. After a 9-hour, uneventful bus ride, we arrived at 9 pm and had our choice of taxis. As it turned out, our driver was instrumental to our functioning over the next couple of days. We went back to the Inn By The Sea, otherwise referred to as the ‘Inn By The Theives’ because someone stole our binoculars from our room last time. Still it was the easiest and cheapest place to stay. We were just more careful. We spent our time in Tanga taking care of business - planning our trip to the Island of Pemba, emailing, posting cards, co-ordinating boat and bus tickets, etc. Everything takes about ... read more

Saturday 5th February We had early breakfast, for us that is, at 8 am. Paul lives a musician's life with staying up late at night and getting up late in the morning, and we tend to follow suit as a family. It creates problems with school and work, but all is relative anyway. This whole trip was good training for us as we got up early every morning, and I must say Paul has kept it up here at home as well this last week. The hotel (its real name is Spices & Herbs Ethiopian Hotel and Restaurant) has a wonderful African Grey Parrot, sitting in a cage in the dining room. It talks a lot and is very friendly; one can stroke its head without getting bitten. My parents-in-law have an African Grey called Twifo ... read more

Prologue: This is a journal of the trip my family and I did to Tanzania. My family consist of myself, my husband Paul, Scott 14 years old and Anja 9 years old at the time of travelling. We visited my sister Harriet and her family consisting of husband Jon-Erik, Ossian 17 years old, Vidar 14 years old and Carita 12 years old. Both Harriet and Jon-Erik work on different projects in Tanzania. Tanzania also has a strong background for me as I spent a lot of my childhood there, as my father was involved in various projects in the country. So this trip is as much a revisiting of my roots if you like, as showing Tanzania to my family. I wrote this diary mainly for my fellow alumni from International School Moshi (ISM), so I ... read more

With a short dhow ride with Mohammed and Mohammed across the channel to the airport on the next island, we said good bye to Lamu. We flew to Mombassa on November 25, where we spent two nights to ‘do business’ (i.e. shopping, emails, planning). We chose a bus company recommended in the Lonely Planet guide and booked two seats to Tanga, Tanzania for the following day. After several loops around the block, we found our bus to Tanga at 6 am; neither bus nor office were marked with the bus company’s name. The sidewalk next to the bus was packed with hoards of people trying to talk to the driver/ticket man so it took a while to get our tickets. With considerable effort, we boarded and found seats on opposite ends of the very full bus. ... read more

Bah voila, c deja fini... bouh, putain c passe vite! Juste un dernier tit message a tout le monde pour vous dire qu'on a quand meme decide de rentrer... eh oui, les baked beans nous manquent, et surtout le beau soleil de Grande Bretagne... Donc on met les voiles, y'en a marre de trainer dans les rues de Stone Town, marre du soleil ki bronze pas mais ki brule, marre de la vie a 2 a l'heure etc... Donc on rentre pour retrouver not' tit train train quotidien!!! Bref, on en a bien profite, que du bonheur, ct tres bien Bisous a tutti Kwa heri Les Anglais... read more