Blogs from Dar es Salaam, East, Tanzania, Africa - page 42

Ciao, First of all A great 2006 2 you all. For those who have comments that I write write typo's or write in English please sent some money so that I can spend more time on the internet:-) And I send it in English for my dear friends in Brussels/London/Denver/.... Oh btw, If you add comments, please fill in your name...can't C who wrote what :-)) Well, how am I doing? GREAT, had a fantastic time. I will write more details and put the best pictures when I'm back in Belgium (as of th 4th - 15th) Have not a lot of time now but can givr you some highlights: the party with the NZ-girls the first night which brought me into several local pub/clubs were tourists doesn't come....having dinner on a hugh rock next to ... read more

Catching the Tazara Railway The story so far The previous post from our boat trip on Lake Malawi led to numerous emails and text messages from worried parents as well as some people suggesting it all just happened in my imagination after having one beer too many and falling asleep on the sun deck. For our parents, we are still alive and currently at home in Norway with you, eating your food, sleeping in your houses, driving your cars and spending your money, thus, it is time to be worried in an all different way. For the rest of you, I can assure those who doubt what happened that my imagination is rather non-existent after too many beers and that my story is a true story of those events that took place that dreadful night on ... read more

So it seems, knock on wood, that our electricity issues have been resolved and that the outages that are still occuring are fewer, farther between, and of a shorter duration. Thank God. The temperature now is 35 or 36 degrees during the day and it is much much more humid. It has rained about three days of the last week and I see that we are heading into the start of the rainy season. God help me. This will be a quick one because I have been online for a while answering my email and there are several people waiting to use this computer. I guess everybody is getting updated on their communications now that the electricity is more reliable. Ramadan ended Friday with Eid al Fitr (sp?), although it wasn't clear until Wednesday night when ... read more

Okay, so apparently, whoever played that nasty trick on the Instant Messenger still has access to my account, and is deleting my emails. Some people have too much time on their hands. So if you have emailed me in the last couple of weeks, and I haven't answered you, that's why. I have been wondering why all of a sudden nobody was emailing me, as I think I mentioned last time. I will set up a new account and let you all know the address as soon as I can. No blog today I'm afraid, as all my time is taken up with these administrative details. Tune in next time for the exciting story of Ramadan dinner at Ali's, and a basketball tournament with Muhalley!... read more

Vendredi 21 octobre - Dar es Salam Nous arrivons à Dar. La plus grande ville de la Tanzanie et l’un des plus importants ports de l’Afrique de l’Est. Nous passons quelques heures ici, dans une vraie ville. Mais malheur, peu de commerces sont ouverts. Il n’y a pas d’électricité depuis 3 jours à Dar. Seuls les commerces munis d’une génératrice sont ouverts. Voilà d’où vient le mystérieux ronronnement que nous entendions en déambulant les rues. Nous passons devant le port. Des étals multiples où l’on vend toutes sortes de poissons. Ça sent le petit canard à la patte cassée ici!!!! Il y a des gens partout. L’odeur est vraiment forte et insupportable. Comme dans tous les villages et toutes les villes que nous avons traversés, il n’y a que des noirs. Nous embarquons sur le traversier ... read more