It’s been six weeks since I had a little Indian fella drill holes in my shoulder and insert an implant. It still hurts but only when people slap me on the shoulder in greeting or hug him and squeeze my shoulder. So I have been careful to keep huggers and slappers at bay. A few… Read More »
Goat races – what on earth happens. People vote on goats to win a sprinting race around a track and basically the goats don’t want to run and have to be pushed around the track by a bunch of men. There are about 30 goats in total and eight races of ten goats each. I… Read More »
The Tanga Yacht Race is a well-known event among sailors in Dar, and I was fortunate to have the opportunity to participate. I was on a boat skippered by a 77-year-old veteran of many Tanga races, so I felt safe. The boat was a clean and tidy catamaran, with many automated systems that made sailing… Read More »
Luckily I got a free ticket for the Beaujolais Nouveau event this year at the French Embassy, My friend from the Ivory Coast was amongst the organisers so she dropped me the Tsh 100,000 ticket. By the time I got there, 20 minutes after doors open, there was a long queue hundreds of people inside… Read More »
I never considered tortoises to be good pets. They always seemed boring, slow moving and of no interest. However, that all changed when Hector took up residence in my garden. At first the creature would not come anywhere near me and every time I got near her she would draw everything in – feet, head… Read More »
Crows – Oh my God there are loads of them in Dar es Salaam. Everyone complains about them. They terrorise diners in outdoors restaurants, kids eating ice-cream on the sea front have to beware the creatures. They swoop down even when there are people sitting at a table, and go for the leftover food on… Read More »
There is little to do around Dar es Salaam to entertain yourself for a day which does not involve the water. There was a birthday to celebrate so a few of us decided to spend the day on Mbudya Isoand in the bay. This is definitely the best place in Dar to spend the day… Read More »
It was my first visit to the big war cemetery, having walked past and gone into, the smaller cemetery in town. As it turned out, my great uncle happened to be buried there, a fact which had only come to light last week at a family gathering in Oxfordshire. I knew that Aunty Ella’s husband… Read More »
“Are you at home?” he asked. I said I was. “Stay there. Don’t come out and close all the windows and doors”. A swarm of bees was ravaging the area, starting at the restaurant next door, moved onto a bin lorry and then came here and terrorised all the people and animals. Sadly the killer… Read More »
I had no idea Rangi existed until it popped up on my Instagram feed. It seemed that nobody else knew it existed too. What a shame they have so little marketing because it’s a wonderful place and in a central location in the middle of Masaki. Located next to the CCBRT hospital, the gallery is… Read More »