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Living in Dar Es Salaam

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November 3rd 2008
Dar is a strange kind of bubble, you somehow fall into thinking, you are living in a big modern city, but then there are some things that bring it back to you, that this is the developing world and not quite everything has developed yet: Even some of the main roads aren’t tarmaced and have got pot holes big enough to fit a small car in, which transform into little lakes after a rainfall, which a ... 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