Category Archives: Dar es Salaam

Do animals go to heaven?


We are animal mad, and I have a dream of retiring near the sea, with a river flowing close by, next to a hill, with some majestic mountains in the distance, with at least 20 dogs, 20 cats, a milking … Continue reading

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Sunsets and Sunrises


Like most people I know, I love sunrises and sunsets.  There are even two favourite movies – Before Sunset and Before Sunrise, and if you have not watched them, do yourself the favour.  But that’s besides the point.  Sunrise to … Continue reading

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Music and Dancing – our life-savers over the past year


Whilst living in Tanzania, we were delighted to find that Multichoice DSTV, was very much alive and kicking, and probably more easy to navigate in Dar es Salaam, than some places in South Africa.  We subscribed with little effort, and … Continue reading

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The battle of the “Red tape”


Being fairly newly married, Kobus does not know all my hidden streaks (or talents?) that well yet.  And so he learnt the following about me yesterday:  I am like a bull-dog, once I get a hold of something, I rarely … Continue reading

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For the love of a good man – my new life as farmer’s wife in Heilbron in the good ol’ Free State!!


We left Dar es Salaam almost a month ago – Saturday 27 October 2012, 5 months and 14 days after we first arrived.  Defeated, deflated, sad to some extend that the project did not materialize, but incredibly excited to return … Continue reading

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Parting shots of Dar es Salaam


We took a trip around our favourite spots this past week, and as I am lounging around in a hotel room, waiting for my flight home, I want to share some of the scenery once more.  We drove out to … Continue reading

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The end of our African Dream


My regular readers will know the story, but for the newcomers, just a brief background:  Kobus and I were sourced in South Africa by a large Tanzanian company, with the aim of starting up a dairy farm on Zanzibar.  With … Continue reading

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Join the ferry ride to Kigamboni on a tuk-tuk over Dar es Salaam harbor mouth


Kobus and I have taken to rather attempt the city traffic in a tuk-tuk.  As Murphy’s law would have it, the ferry queue has been almost non-existent every time we have ordered a tuk-tuk, but the Dar es Salaam city … Continue reading

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A forgalom a Dar es Salaam


Írtam a veszélyt es es Salaam forgalmat. Megpróbáltuk tegnap megint, ezúttal elkapni a komp, de az utazás még mindig elvitt minket körülbelül 7 órán át oda és vissza, csak hogy vásároljon néhány élelmiszer a héten. Tudom, hogy az én olvasók, … Continue reading

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Движение Дар-эс-Саламе


Я написал об опасности эс-эс-Салам трафика. Мы попробовали еще раз вчера, на этот раз сесть на паром, но поездка все еще заняло у нас около 7 часов туда и обратно, только чтобы купить немного еды в течение недели. Я знаю, … Continue reading

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