First Glimpse of the Indian Ocean

Just Loved Dar!

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August 30th 2006
The flight to Dar es Salaam boarded on time despite the complaints from the cranky British tourists - who thought they had been waiting too long in the lounge before boarding. Now I hate to stereotype..but have found in the last few weeks that the Brits and the Germans can be quite rude - not sure what that is about! Any way… as we approached the plane on ground each of us picked out our lugg ... 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