tanz 069

'Aint no mountain high enough!

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May 9th 2009
the internet is infrequent and unreliable in africa. much like telephones, roads, public transport and prices. enough said as to why this blog is delayed i think. so we arrived in moshi mid afternoon, having caught a local bus from arusha (where our taxi driver from the airport had categorically told us that if we caught that bus we were going to be mugged and killed so of course we must ... 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