Leaving the Liemba

Western Tanzania (Kipili to Mbeya and Dar)

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May 20th 2011
My 30 hours aboard the Liemba passed all too quickly, and by 9pm on the second day we pulled into the bay of Kipili, left the ferry through a door in the hull to a waiting rocking canoe, and slowly rowed to shore as the ship stood illuminated in the pitch black night. I spent the next few days in the village of Kipili, time spent eating at Mama's cafe (a mud and straw hut 3m x 3m that was t ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » West

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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