[above: VIP lounge at Tabora Airport] Tabora is a lovely city – one of my favorites – and starting to edge out Moshi as my favorite city in Tanzania. It’s got a decent-sized population of 250,000 people, but has a much mellower pace of life than Dar or Moshi. Because it’s off the beaten tourist …
[i considered posting a picture of my Frankensophy stitches, but refrained – there’s a photo buried in my online album of my face the day after if you really want to see it!] Being in a vehicle in East Africa is one of the biggest risks you can take. Animal mauling by lions and rhinos …
car accident in Dar es Salaam (yikes) and The Ultimate Nerd Injury Read More »
My arrival in Tanzania was a classic one. We had left a cold, gray, drizzly London the night before and landed in incredible tropical mugginess. I shed about two pounds of clothing in the process just to keep from sweating out all my fluids. The visa application area was total chaos. A crowd of confused, …
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