Sandra and me on the boat

Mbuya Island trip

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December 14th 2008
Kev and Sandra had come to stay with us until the VSO conference next week. After working on Saturday another good reason, to venture somewhere on Sunday! We decided to explore Mbuya island just off the coast North of Dar. We drove to the North beach and took a small boat from Whitesands Hotel to the island. It wasn’t quite as beautiful as Bongoyo Island, where we went a few weekends ago (that r ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » East

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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