After moving north from Iringa we found our way to Dar Es Salaam. It rained.
It rained a lot. More than it had it years. So we did not do much, but the weather looked ok out on Zanzibar so we went.
Zanzibar is great. Extremely interesting, diverse, and excellent sea food.
I will post more later.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Tanzania (The Begining)
Jesse and I crossed into Tanzania late on a hot hot Monday and found that the Visa prices had doubled. Initially thinking we were being ripped off we got ready to go on the war path but then found that it was all legit (and just expensive)
We had been told by many travelers to skip southern Tanzania as there was "nothing there" but later were told to check it out. So we did and it was well worth our time. Southern Tanzania is a place full of mountains covered by jungles and tea plantations. Over the next few days we went on a tour of a Tea Factory and plantation. It was great. (A lot more exciting than I am making it sound actually)
We took off from Tikuyu on a bus headed for Iringa. The bus could have easily put Princes tour bus to shame and we hauled ass through the hills. Iringa is nice, really nice after you have been in tropical heat for too long. It is almost a mile up in elevation and very cool. We spent some time wandering around stone age sites, looking at skulls of deposed chiefs and other fun activities.
After a few days in Iringa we booked a safari for Ruaha national park, it is the newest and largest park in Tanzania. The camp we stayed in had no fences and during the night lions moved through and in the morning there was an elephant just wandering around. Pretty amazing.
We had been told by many travelers to skip southern Tanzania as there was "nothing there" but later were told to check it out. So we did and it was well worth our time. Southern Tanzania is a place full of mountains covered by jungles and tea plantations. Over the next few days we went on a tour of a Tea Factory and plantation. It was great. (A lot more exciting than I am making it sound actually)
We took off from Tikuyu on a bus headed for Iringa. The bus could have easily put Princes tour bus to shame and we hauled ass through the hills. Iringa is nice, really nice after you have been in tropical heat for too long. It is almost a mile up in elevation and very cool. We spent some time wandering around stone age sites, looking at skulls of deposed chiefs and other fun activities.
After a few days in Iringa we booked a safari for Ruaha national park, it is the newest and largest park in Tanzania. The camp we stayed in had no fences and during the night lions moved through and in the morning there was an elephant just wandering around. Pretty amazing.
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