site inspection

Preparing to film

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May 17th 2007
Today we travelled to Machimba, a village just outside of Dar es Salaam, to inspect the building site that we’ll be shooting at over the next few days. It had rained heavily yesterday afternoon and all last night, so the troop-carrier did a few creek crossings on the way out there! We passed many mini-vans (the local form of public transport here) stranded in huge mud puddles… Obviously drain ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » East » Dar es Salaam

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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