It’s hard to find quiet back lanes in this part of Dar because it’s generally full of immense white-washed houses in private compounds. There are a few smaller houses on our road but I cannot imagine them remaining like that for long as the price of plots much put pressure on the owners. It was… Read More »
The newspapers are full of news of a new COVID-19 spike in Mombasa and Nairobi. Even in the yacht club in Dar es Salaam they are talking about the increase in deaths in the neighbouring country. In Uganda too, the situation is not looking too good. But of course, in Tanzania we are COVID-free. There… Read More »
(post script. Since I published this article I have learnt that 17 people lost their lives in these flood in Dar) It was raining buckets when I set out from home to go to a breakfast meeting at 7am. It then continued to rain as I made my wet way to work. At 10am I… Read More »
By the time we reached Kizimkazi on Zanzibar mainland we were all hungry and desperate for a shower. Several of our group were suffering from sunburn and a couple of people just wanted to go to sleep. We spotted the cats lined up on the beach as we approached land. They had sped past us… Read More »
We had been sailing for about 4 hours in light winds before we arrived at Kwale Island for lunch. We anchored a short distance from shore and watched the cats come ashore as we waited for a dinghy to pick us up. In the end, the water was so shallow that the dingy dropped us… Read More »
When I saw the opportunity to get to Zanzibar on CQ with Paul and his crew and a handful of others, I leapt at the chance. I hadn’t been out of Dar in months and I was going stir crazy. For $120 it was a cheap option and to be even on the periphery of… Read More »