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East Africa Travel Guide: Getting AroundRacing The Sun To TanzaniaBy Erik Trinidad DAY 191: My goal of the day was to make it to the southern Tanzanian city of Mbeya, 120 km. north of the Malawian/Tanzanian border. I questioned whether or not I would make it before the sun...Read this update
Posted by at 08:30 PM
This Bus Departs at Nine in the Morning"This bus is going to fall," I stated and asked concurrently in my Swahili 101. The buddah-bodied, sarong wrapped woman to my right laughed at my big worried eyes. "No, young sista," her electric white teeth glowed through me. "Hamna...Read this update
Posted by at 12:44 AM
Hakuna Matata?Ah, Kenya. A beautiful country, full of lovely people. And matatus. Lots of them. My first encounter with these sardine cans on wheels was in the Latema Road area of Nairobi - which looks suspiciously like a giant pothole. The...Read this update
Posted by at 11:20 PM
Getting AroundThere is an old Swahili proverb regarding travel and the general philosophy in Tanzania. "Haraka, haraka haina baraka," which literally means "haste makes waste" and usually means to take your time. Traveling in East Africa can be an art; one...Read this update
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