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Very detailed Africa travelogue with lots of information for anyone planning a trip. Indexed for easy reference. 11 Countries over 3 months.
3 months in Africa -- detailed travelogue, travel tips, indexed
Larry2006-05-27 03:11:54
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/>that first night, but later went up only to a few of us to warn us that the
rooms here book fast and that we should make the arrangements BEFORE leaving
for the east coast. We all assumed that Carmen had told everyone, so those
that had been told never bothered to mention it to anyone else. Another
nice present from our "wonderful" Which Way guides.
After checking back into the hotel, I went out walking in the afternoon.
I stopped at the Macrosoft cyber cafe again to check my email (Tsh3,000 for
30mins)... the owner had gone to pray at the mosque, but his helper was
there to watch the place. In another part of town, the local movie theatre
("Cine Afrique") was advertising a new Arabic movie starting tonight: "Big
Screen, Big Sound!" the sign said, though the building looked quite old on
the outside. The "Too Short" shop was still out of telephone credits (the
phone company they use still hadn't registered the payment the shop sent
in), and I spent some time just wandering around the city. In the evening,
I went back to the night food stalls, having my first taste of some
wonderful marlin (Tsh500), as well as calamari (Tsh500), octopus (Tsh500),
and doughnuts (Tsh100). Taking a chance (as the glasses were being washed
and re-used), I tried some freshly-squeezed sugar cane juice (Tsh100) and
walked around the area, watching Christian buy lots of curios (including
four Masai statues) and DJ bargain aggressively for some ankle bracelets and
paintings.
On the way back to the hotel, I stopped in at the fancy Tembo Hotel to
see if they either had any newspapers for sale or had an old one they no
longer needed (the clerk on duty looked, but couldn't find any). When I
asked him if it was busy this time of year, he said yes, but that the rainy
season would start soon (in March and April), when it would rain everyday.
He
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I just thought it might be helpful for you to know how i am finding your system.
Thank you
Susan J, 2008-01-28 14:00:20