Kilimanjaro

Across Tanzania & Kenyan coast

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December 29th 2009
From Kigali there is a weekly bus making the 30 hour (plus) trip to Dar Es Salaam. I took this for the first 13 hours, getting dropped of at night on the outskirts of a town called Singida a reasonable distance into the interior of Tanzania. I found my way to a hotel which turned out to be the best in town. For my £9 I got a comfy room with bathroom and digital TV (upside) and fleas (downs ... read more

Africa » Tanzania

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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