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Zanzibar

19/9/2010

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Finally I have seen Kilimanjaro, just a glimpse of the whole mountain around 0600 in the morning. Soon afterwards, the clouds roll in for the day. Even so it dosn't look much like the pictures as so much of the snow cover has gone.  I had pleasant trip down to Dar es Salam, in a modern coach filled with a large group of very smartly dressed convent girls. It made me realize how slowly the overland truck went, as the buses really move.

I spent a day in and around Dar, sorting out moving on, unfortunately I can't take the train to the south of the country as its fully booked, so it's going to be a 900km bus journey. The train station was worth seeing though, a massive Soviet style concrete palace of a place, which was almost completely deserted. Not surprising as only three trains a week run on the line.

I am now in Nungwi, a village like resort at the north of Zanzibar island where I stayed a month ago at the beginning of my trip. The bungalow resort I stayed in then burnt down two weeks ago, the walls of the buildings remain but the thatched rooves burnt very well and spread, burning down part of the neighbouring resort and a dive shop. An electrical fault said the owners, who were sitting in their office, now just a pile of rubble; others say they were being too successful so arson is more likely. This is Africa.

Still the beach is still white, the sea turqoise and warm and the sky blue, what more do you want?
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