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$100 Benadryl and The African Queen

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June 25th 2007
Well it finally happened; I had to pay my first bribe. I had to bribe my way out of Zambia. I had arrived at Mpulungu, Zambia on the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika. My plan was to board the passenger ferry MV Liemba and sail with it up to Kigoma, Tanzania. Nice, simple plan no problems. I was actually lucky the Liemba was going north this week. Last week it had stayed in Zambia and had shuttled C ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » West » Kigoma

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Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po... ... read more