Yet another day in Dar...

I was suppose to take the Tazara train yesterday from DAr es SAlaam to Mbeya in south oF Tanzania. We got to the train station and the first thing we see is the notice board saying the tarin is one day delayed.... great.. we just spend 10,000 shilling on a taxi to the train station, which is located some distance from the city center.

At the train station though we met a German girl and her boyefriend and they said well let's go back tp their hptel... it is chep and clean.. so off we go and squeeze into the local minibus and hike for some 20 minutes before getting to the hotel. The hotel was nice and cheap just as she said but there was no electricity during the day and that meant no shower or water working... so what else to do than to sit and sweat just a little bit more. Anyhow, we had to spend another day in Dar, which is not too bad but it is also not as nice as Zanzibar. Luckilt the water came back on at 7pm and we could shower and chill while the fan was on high speed.

The next morning we got ready to check out and looked forward to finally get on the train. Just as we were about to check out, we were told that the train is another 9 hours delayed so instead of leavign at 14.00, it would leave at 22.00.... oh my... oh my... what to do now? Well hang around Dar until 22.00 I guess at the end of the day THIS IS AFRICA, TIA as they say. NOw it is 15.30 and I just called the train company again to make sure it for sure leaves at 22.00 and they said it would. I pray and hope that it will!!

I am really looking forward to be on the road again and to go back to Malawi. LEt's hope I will be there in two days time!

Hasta Luego!