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I'm in Zanzibar, Tanzania now! We left Mombasa on Mon. at 8 in the morning and had about an 11 hour bus ride to Dar es Salaam. The ride really wasn't that bad and for the most part the roads were pretty good. We had been planing to go clubbing our one night in Dar, but nothing was open Mon. night, so we just ended up sleeping. The following morning we had to just explore the city. It was pretty fun just walking around Dar. The city is so much cleaner than Mombasa. It's definetely a city that if I get the chance I want to come back to and spend some time here.

Getting drenched in Zanzibar

Rachel Buhr
2006-08-21 18:25:35

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I'm in Zanzibar, Tanzania now! We left Mombasa on Mon. at 8 in the morning and had about an 11 hour bus ride to Dar es Salaam. The ride really wasn't that bad and for the most part the roads were pretty good. We had been planing to go clubbing our one night in Dar, but nothing was open Mon. night, so we just ended up sleeping. The following morning we had to just explore the city. It was pretty fun just walking around Dar. The city is so much cleaner than Mombasa. It's definetely a city that if I get the chance I want to come back to and spend some time here. People are very nice. Although one of us did have a bad run in with some guys:

Of course the story is about Brian again... he had been walking around with some of the other students and then got separated from them. He figured no biggie... he'd walk around a bit and then just head back to the hotel on his own. While he was walking he started talking to this guy. They talked for about 20-30 min. and then he told Brian he wanted to show him a demo cd he and some friends had made 'cause he thought Brian would like it. Brian was kinda wary about that but the guy started to say how he was buddies with the guy that had been showing him and the other students around earlier (a friend of Athman's) and had walked with them back to the hotel a bit ago. He described what they had been wearing and everything, so Brian figured he must've been telling the truth. Brian thought they were going to walk to this guys house, but he walked over to a car where his buddies were. Brian walked over and ended up getting pulled into the car and they drove off. Soon after that they started going through his stuff for money. Brian only had 500ksh on him and they didn't believe him when he said he didn't have any more (he really didn't 'cause his atm card isn't working here so he's living off the lunch money we get from the program). They took his camera and started saying that ...