I could not stand the thought of returning to Dar es Salam and getting a bus, so I treated myself to a flight on a small local airline from Zanzibar to Tanga. The plane was a small 14 seater and there was a couple from NZ also on the flight, everyone else were locals, the flight went via another island called Pemba, then on to Tanga. As we landed there was crowds for people cheering, waving flags and there was also a brass band playing, we joked that they had heard we were coming, and waved as we stepped off the plane, then as one of the other African passengers stepped out behind us, the crowd went wild and he just laughter at us. It turned out that he is hoping to be the next president
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