East Africa Travel Guide: Travel Stories



Tomorrow in Dar es Salaam

DAY 193: For most of my days on The Global Trip 2004, I often wonder what the next day will bring. While some people need to plan a long way in advance and know what they'll do the next...

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Posted by at 09:00 PM

Mad Dash to Dar es Salaam

By Erik Trinidad DAY 192: Before the sun was awake, I was awaken around five in the morning by the chants and Muslim prayers coming from two different sets of loudspeakers from what I gathered were in two points of...

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Posted by at 08:43 PM

Racing The Sun To Tanzania

By 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...

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Posted by at 08:30 PM

Taking a Safari Along the Northern Circuit in Tanzania is an Unforgetable Experience!

by Tracie Thorson My whole group of 11 volunteers went, we had two land rovers, a driver/guide for each. We left Friday afternoon for Lake Manyara. The park is beautiful - you first drive through dense jungle full of noise...

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Posted by at 10:41 PM

Climbing Mt. Meru

Mt. Meru lacks a lot of the things Kilimanjaro has in abundance: high price, altitude sickness, droves of tourists. No wonder it's so worthwhile. Climbing Mt. Meru...

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Posted by at 09:17 PM

No Thanks, I'm Full

Stephanie Lemieux wanted to show her gratitude to her host family by cooking a typical meal from her own country. The result was not a good advertisement for Canadian eating standards. Read No Thanks, I am full....

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Posted by at 09:15 PM

Lions of the Serengeti

Family pride takes on a whole new meaning when Graydon visits his sister, who researches the lions in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. Read Lions of the Serengeti...

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Posted by at 09:06 PM

Snows of Kilimanjaro

Robert Geier is determined to climb the tallest mountains of the world. This time it's Africa's biggest, Mt. Kilimanjaro. Read Snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro...

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