Monday January 17th. Up early as Ed was crashing about the room at 4:30. Breakfast was at 5:30 and we departed for the return 7:00 ferry ride to Dar Es Salaam at 6:00.
I would have liked to stay here another couple of days. Another day wandering around Stone Town would have been fun and another day relaxing on the beaches would also be great. Wonderful place.
We have lost another eight people and gained a new eight. Gone are originals Ben and Tess from Australia and Anneliese from Belgium. Sad to say goodbye.
Spent the whole day in the truck. Luckily I enjoy looking out the window watching scenery. Other people spent most of the time sleeping. We stopped at the outskirts of Dar Es Salaam and Vernon gave us 5000 shillings to buy our lunch at the mall. John and I went grocery shopping at the Shoprite and bought some buns, cheese, tomato, chocolate milk, fruit, yogurt and donuts and had a picnic on the truck. It was a long day of driving. We finally arrived here 4:30 and set up camp.
Before dinner Scott asked me to help him cut his hair. He had brought clippers and needed a hand with the back. I hadn't shaved my head in about ten days and needed clippers. So, we had a positive male bonding session and cut each others' hair down as short as possible. Then I shaved the rest of it.
Dinner was a buffet served at the local gas station! Food was good, but then a group of Ngoma came in to sing, play music and dance for us. They were okay for a couple of songs, but then they all sounded the same. The highlight of the evening was watching John dancing around the group and doing his sandboarding moves.
Then we had a beer with the new people and turned in for the night.
Hey Joe, good to have you back!
ReplyDelete...we need pictures of you with 10 days growth!
...before and after...