The Bismark Rock

Holy Rural!

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June 28th 2009
Holy rural! The ferry crossing from Mwanza to the opposite side of the bay brought us towards Geita and many, many things I had never expected to see but were nonetheless not surprising or out of place. There are not as many hills over here and the landscape stretches out to the horizon, interrupted by copses of trees. They are trees I could not hope to name, but their branches, sparse with vegeta ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » North » Mwanza

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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