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Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam Travel Blog › entry 16 of 36 › view trip summary

Nairobi to Cape Town in 11 weeks! Ten different countries all varied in beauty, wildlife and culture. From lush lands to arid desert, lakes to beaches and waterfalls. Mountain Gorillas, Rift Valley Lakes, Tanzanian Parks, Zanzibar Spice Island, Lake Malawi, Victoria Falls and the Okavango Delta! Why not sign up to the blog list or leave a message on our message board to read on our travels!

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Dar es Salaam

April 6, 2007

...and so to Dar es Salaam - the "sweatbox of Africa"! Pushing 34C and 95% humidity, even the effort required to relax in the shade with a cold beer brought a sweat to my brow! (It really is hard work, honest... all that "lift glass, drink from glass, put glass down" is hard work at the best of times!)

We stayed just one night here, upgrading from the tent to a beach hut situated all of 10 metres from the Indian Ocean - the warmest, clearest water we have ever experienced! An evening swim on our arrival proved to be the first HOT shower (bath really) in a long time, and was very welcome from the heat.

We would come back here after our trip to Zanzibar for one more night. The only downside of such a location is that ALL the water supply is salty - even the showers!!

Ow, and one more thing... where there's heat and humidity, there's sure as hell a boat load of mosquitoes! Denise managed to beat her previous best by racking up 17 bites on one hand, and looks like a serious challenger for the world's best "dot to dot" board!!

Anyway, off to Zanzibar...