Yesterday and today I did a lot of walking. There is a village museum where they reconstructed housings of different tribes, that was very interesting. It was just a little hard to get on a bus to "Mwenge" as they aren't really big and there were a lot of people fighting for a place. I am not talking about a seat, it's just about getting onto the bus. A lady was so kind to help me to find the right bus and to explain me how I should fight my way in.
In the evening I had some food from a street restaurant. Now that is really cool, during the day it is just a normal sidewalk but in the evening wooden benches and tables are set up. The meal did cost me TSh 1'500 (yes I did also drink something), what is a little more then a dollar. Ugali, that is the basic food here, made out of maiz and after that you're really full for the next 12 hours. The lady who owns the "restaurant" is doing a good business. Per day she spends about TSh 70'000 on ingrediants, but in the evening she sells meals for about TSh 160'000. Ok, she has to pay 3 ladies which are working for her, but that is just a TSh 6'000 each. I was told that she has a very nice house.
Today I got up early, 7am ;-) I took my breakfast and headed to the fishmarket. That was a interesting experience and I have tosay, they are pretty well organised. So the fishermen come back and their colleagues pick up the fish from the boat. Then they are handed over to the auction. Now if you buy fish you can get them cleaned directly in Zone 2 and if you want to get them fried, you can do that right across the road. Carbon, wood, sunflower oil and spices, everything can be supplied, as it is sold just a few meters next to the big frying pans.
After that I went to "Kariakoo Market". I was told that this is the biggest market in Tanzania. It doesn't look like what we would call a market, from the outside it reminds more of a stadion. It is a 3 floor market where there sell a lot of things for farming and in the underground they are selling vegetables and fruits.
Now I also know where all the ladies buy their cloths. In the area where the market is, there are hundreds of little cloth shops. We walked around for about 2 hours. I didn't go by myself as I was told there are a lot of pickpockets there. You just pay someone a little money and they take care of everything.
In the evening I got my ferry ticket to Zansibar. Flying Horse, that is the company I booked with. The indian owner told me that I should promote his boat back at home. He was really very helpful and if we would not have said that we have to leave, we would probably still be sitting there talking to him.
This was a very nice and busy day. Now I am looking forward to see Zansibar and to relax a few days on the beautiful beaches.
I really do hope that you are all doing fine.
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| Tanzania: DAR 28.04. - 01.05.2009 |
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