Tazara Train

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Train supposed to arrive at 1pm to depart at 2:30pm.
Train actually arrives at 6pm and leaves at 7pm.
Train breaks down at 9pm.

... Waiting for new locomotive...

Train starts moving again at 4am.

Don and I were lucky enough to share our cabin (first class) with 2 awesome medical students from England: Leon and Kirsty. We all got along great and spent most of the day chatting, playing cards, taking pictures and stuffing around. Whenever we stopped in the rural villages, all the women and children come up to the train to sell food to the passengers - we bought some sugar cane and mangos. We were supposed to see game as the train goes through the National Park but due to the delay we went through the park at night and could see... nothing.

Instead of arriving in Dar at 3pm we ended up arriving at 2am the next day. Don and I just waited in the station until 5am and got taxis to take us to the docks to catch the ferry to Zanzibar. We got on the 7am ferry and got to see the sun rise over the bay.

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Comments

[joshua kabuka]

i like it!
Yeah! this pic is so nice i like it!