Market in Dar

Dar

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June 19th 2007
Last week was Paul's 7th birthday party which was very cute! After waiting around for 8 hours for my host dad to pick me up from the town ("I'll be in there in 20 minutes!" yeh sure...), i arrived after dark and found that they had waited for me. All the kids rushed into our house and we sat around handing out this sort of breadish-cake, popcorn, and cordial. All the kids were so excited to get t ... 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