Roadside service on the bus

Everywhere the bus or dalla dalla would stop or even pause to go over a speed bump a swarm of people with fruit, veggies, and snacks would surround the windows of the bus. When one of them saw me they would immediately yell mzungu mzungu and my window would draw and even larger crowd- presuming that since I was white I would want to buy all of their goods. This system keeps the buses moving without ever having to stop~ a good and a bad thing!

Gypsy camping and soggy skirts~

January 25th 2009
After pushing my way out of Dar es Salaam to Lushoto and then to Tanga on a series of hot, slow dalla dallas and buses that seemed to always be on the verge of breaking down -loudly shaking down the road like we were preparing for take off- I opted to stop at the first beachside place that offered camping and call it my home for a couple of days. To save a bit of money I said I sorta had a tent ... read more

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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

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