After spending the night at a Masai campground near Chitimba (where we had the best group meal on the trip so far), we crossed the Tanzanian border and headed towards Dar es Salaam. The capital of Tanzania in everything but name, Dar (as it is affectionately known) is a fairly large city that is hot, dusty, dirty, full of traffic and incredibly humid despite being right next to the Indian Ocean. That night we rested up and escaped the heat in the camp's pool while hearing from our tour leader about the options for our four day / three night excursion to the Spice Islands of Zanzibar. Unfortunately it was then that we learned that our booked beachfront accommodation in Zanzibar, Sunset Bungalows, was not actually available due to some kind of miscommunication. This was a
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