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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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Harry, a friend from South Africa
that had dropped by for a bit. He mentioned he just returned from driving
20kms each way to send 5 emails from a place where there are phones, as
there aren't any in the village where the farm is located (the closest big
city is Iringa, which we passed earlier, about 50kms away). The lady
mentioned that until recently, they had to rely on radios to communicate,
but now, they can just hop in the car and drive 20kms each way to use
email. Besides the campsite, there are also "hotel" accomodations
available, and she goes out of her way to make guests feel at home. Her
helpers are locals, and of course, growing up in Tanzania, she speaks fluent
Swahili with them. Originally, I was going to order a Coke, but when I
noticed a sign that said "hot chocolate" (either Tsh700 or US$1), I had to
try one -- and with the cold, damp weather outside, it immediately hit the
spot. Besides using quality hot cocoa mix, she also mixed in pieces of
Cadbury chocolate bars as well as Amarula (liqueur) -- though I asked for
mine without the liqueur. Hands down, it was the best hot cocoa I've ever
had, and in the end, I wound up having four of them (two now, and two
later), and that night, upon the urging of Katje (who likes Amarula), I even
tried one with the liqueur.
Sitting there in the bar, we talked about everything from politics to the
farm: the lady mentioned that we had just missed a group of supermodels (who
had stayed in the hotel accomodations) just the night before. She doesn't
have any kids, but said if she did, she'd send them to Dar or overseas for
schooling, telling me that about 90% of kids go to primary school here, but
very few continue onto secondary school in this area). She mentioned that
for years, tourists would skip Tanzania in favor of Kenya, but that this is
slowly beginning
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Kenya Gallery
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Lesotho Gallery
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Mauritius Gallery
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Swaziland Gallery
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Tanzania Gallery
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Zambia Gallery
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Zimbabwe Gallery
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