Sunday and the whole day empty thankfully and Hans decided that he wanted to go to see Tower House. Even though I had to sit in the back and make the dog less nervous, I agreed to accompany him. Getting there is not easy because of the road works around the port. All along the… Read More »
I had heard of Lazy Lagoon so when there was the chance to go there and spend the night bobbing up and down moored by Foxes Hotel, I jumped at it. We were in the minority in that we decided to cook our own food and stay 100% of the time on the boat. We… Read More »
i had never managed to find anyone I knew well enough to feel comfortable asking whether I could go out fishing with them. But at the end of the Latham fishing competition I had met and got to know a woman with a boat and she was willing to take me. My only experience of… Read More »
The Latham fishing competition is the biggest in the fishing section calendar at the Dar Yacht Club. The boats go our for 36 hours in the area to the south called Latham or into the channel between Dar and Zanzibar. Before the boats set sail there was a raffle – kind of an auction –… Read More »
It’s hard not to stop staring out to sea and watch the dhow boats sails or being punted past. When the sun goes down and I am at Waterside Bar with my friends, the sight is beautiful. The wood from old and broken dhows is valuable as a source of wood to make craft items… Read More »