San Francisco is famous for the cable cars and so I was pleased to see that on the street next to my hotel was the terminal station of the Van Ness cable car. It was $8 for one way or $13 all day which covered al the buses and street cars too. I don’t know… Read More »
Just because we are not in the UK doesn’t mean we are not going to celebrate the queen’s long reign. The British Business Club put together a programme of events including a quiz, some Shakespeare and British films and of course the obligatory street party. The street party was immediately after the very popular bajaj… Read More »
My boss wants me to make videos to show young people how to keep bees and get an income from the honey. We had supported a group of beekeepers in Matale, a small village in the countryside about three hours from Morogoro and so the communications guy, a man from Acla Honey who acted as… Read More »
I was rally hoping that the bridge would not be called Magufuli Bridge. There were rumours that it would be. In the end it was called Tanzanite Bridge, built by the Koreans for the Tanzanians. It has been under construction ever since I have been in Tanzania, and like the railway to Morogoro, its construction… Read More »
Bucharest is a lovely city on first impression. It has wide boulevards, trees, lots of little parks and bigger parks and excellent cycle lanes. I am used to seeing sharing schemes in China but had never seen shared scooters before I got to Bucharest. The Uber and Splash scooters are all over the city, sometimes… Read More »
I hate being stuck without my own transport and I had to ditch my first plan to buy a bajaj due to 1) not having a bout $3,000 and 2) never likely to ever get any exercise ever again and get fat. But a bicycle is a good compromise. I have been walking everywhere which… Read More »
When the sun came up Zambia was displayed outside my carriage in all its glory. The first thing I noticed was that houses were often round mud houses with straw roofs. They were sometimes on their own and at other times in small groups, maybe an extended family. Glimpses of the villages and homesteads came… Read More »
I had read about the Tazara and really wanted to try it. I don’t like long distance train journeys because they are usually boring and uncomfortable. I don’t get much if any sleep and feel constantly dirty. However I like to arrive to arrive slowly and I enjoy the journey as much as the destination… Read More »
So you’ve landed at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam and now you need to get to your hotel. Do you reach for your Uber or Bolt app or are you going to throw yourself into Tanzanian life and try local transport? Here’s a guide to help you decide how, why and when… Read More »
Finding a day trip out of Dar is quite hard. Apart from the beaches (includig Bagamoyo) there really aren’t that many places to go. However, last week I heard about some hills where you can go for walks on the airport road. I had a lift to the airport from a friend and then I… Read More »