Posts Tagged Tanzania
“Haalo, Taxi?”
This becomes a real common phrase to hear any time you exit a building in Dar. Thus begins the ‘decision’ on what an appropriate fare is for where we want to go. The decision involves a back and forth discussion on how much you should pay; usually you can get a ride for about 80% of the initial ‘quote’. I actually prefer this method as opposed to other countries where you get in and then get a big surprise as to what the cost is upon arriving at the destination. There isnt any ‘meter’ so if you need to go to the ATM or anything the driver just waits for you.
The ‘Fast Ferry’ to Zanzibar
Due to not being able to get the shipment out of customs last weekend, we found ourselves with some free time and decided to go over to Zanzibar to check it out. We missed the first ‘Fast Ferry’ (it is actually called Fast Ferry and is in fact quite fast; it takes 2 hours vs some ferries that take 3-8) due to our mis calculation that checking out of the hotel wouldnt take too long (45 minutes) so we jumped in a taxi and headed down to the port to see what we could find.
Pictures up
Posted by Jeff in PHOTOGRAPHY on October 30, 2007
The new pics are in the gallery. I havent taken as many as I would like yet but wanted to post a few so you can see some of the places over here. For some reason, when I upload the pictures I tell it to resize them to 1024×768 but they are getting resized to less than that. Sorry!
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Flying Business Class to Amsterdam
Getting up on the morning of the 23rd was a bit strange as I had been up late the night before packing. It didnt really seem real that the time had finally come and I was actually going to Africa. I have to hand it to my mom, she wasnt even upset when she dropped me off at the airport. Good work ma!
