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    September 14, 2018
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    The journey begins

    September 14, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Well I'm sat here in Manchester Airport wondering how this trip will go - a long journey as I won't arrive in arusha until 9.00am on Saturday,
    Ive a short stop at Istanbul and hope to arrive at dar es salaam around 2.00am and from what I've read it may take up to 3 hours to clear immigration
    Whether that's the most arduous bit of the journey remains to be seen as I'm then on the first flight out to arusha and that's 2hours on some tiny flying machine    Read more

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    Istanbul

    September 14, 2018 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Well arrived on time but a bit shocked to see signs telling me it's a 35 minute walk through the terminal to gate 311!

    Clearly whoever timed it didn't take inro account the throngs of people shopping in what can only be described as the Turkish blue water shopping centre 🙄Read more

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    Hmm well planes ready for last trip - bit on tiny side
    Terminal 1 internal sign says don't worry your bags are insuredInternational departures

    Dar es salaam

    September 15, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

    Well arrived at 02.15 and I've managed to get through immigration by 03.30, that's quicker than I expected but probably due to the flight in being half empty.

    It's very beauraucratic - join a queue for fingerprinting and eye scanning, show proof of where you're staying and return flight _
    Then join another queue to pay fifty dollars for the visa, then they take your money and passport and you join another queue to wait for it back! And it's been hours! Not done one first in first out but random and then an immigration official stands and shouts names out lol
    Glad there wasn't any other flights arriving or it would have been hours

    Now just to wait for the other terminal to open for next flight to arusha - hopefully I'm being met at the airport and then taken to my hotel for the day /night    Read more

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    Mount kilimanjaro
    Short on seats so sit with the pilot😕No problems with baggage handlers here it's DIY

    Arusha

    September 15, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Coming in to arusha there's a really good view of Mount kilimanjaro
    And when I finally arrive at Arusha first thing is to meet my guide and find my hotel then I think some well deserved shut eye time.Read more

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    Tarangire national park

    September 16, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

    What a fantastic day its been herds of elephants zebra, wildebeest roaming around and close up, saw a pride of lions sleeping under a tree for shade _don't think I have the words yet for such sights as seeing these free to roamRead more

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    Campsite

    September 16, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

    Well reached my first campsite - halfway to next park
    Now for a good night's sleep. Well it certainly wasn't quiet - lots of rustling around outside the tent all sorts of bird noises. Then woken up to a stork on patrol.Read more

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    Serengetti

    September 17, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Early start up and along ngorongoro crater rim and then to the serengetti for afternoon game drive.
    Saw different animals today but highlight was between a leapard resting and a pride of lions merrily walking along the road, one lioness set off chasing a rabbit but bugsy won for another day.
    Also visited a masai trbe camp - certainly brings home how people can live - although I think some of this was stage managed - greeted by chief, welcome dance, tour of home then school and choice to buy souvenirs from them.
    But still it's thought provoking
    Different campsite to nite - we've been told to keep everything in our tents to nite because hyenas visit during the night - we will see what morning brings as we have a sunrise game drive    Read more

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    Serengetti to simba camp

    September 18, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Today we stopped to watch Waterbuffalo Cross our path on their migration route.
    Once at our campsite we found we were sharing the site with a small group of
    Zebras who just looked and really didn't care about us being thereRead more

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    Arusha to zanzibar

    September 20, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Back to arusha today for my flight to zanzibar. Ernest Hemingway once said... "I never knew of a morning in Africa, when I woke up and was not happyI", and I can truly say that my camping break has been great with fantasticly friendly people, awesome scenery and spectacular views of wildlife as it should be in its natural surrounds.Read more

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    Stonetown slave market

    September 21, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ 🌙 25 °C

    Wow the memorial is so powerful but its not until you actually go into the slave cells that you realise how harsh and inhuman human beings were treated by other humans!

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    Stonetown

    September 21, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Well a trip to stonetown isn't complete without a visit to the old town - its narrow streets are a cross between the alleyways of naples and any Arab souk!
    Lots of hustle and bustle scooters attempting to run down any and everyone.
    Apart from the slave market museum there are few sights worth seeing, livingstones House, fantastic wooden doors although many are reproductions it's possible to find some originals. There's an old Fort and not forgetting Freddy Mercury's birthplace!    Read more

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    A day on the beach and school visit

    September 22, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Up early for a quick dip then at breakfast o e of the cooks said she would take me to see the headmaster at the local school so I could unload the things I had brought for them.
    What an eye opener... 2500 pupils and 8 teachers. They have to teach the classes in shifts one group Mornings and the next in the afternoon. Very few chairs or desks with the kids sitting on the floor and only one computer in the whole school and that's in the office.
    Yet despite this the children are taught 3 languages English Arabic and swahili as well as basic maths in the secondary they are also taught civils which is a mixture of politics and general studies.    Read more

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    Cheetahs rock

    September 23, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    I never thought it would be like it is, the owners have the utmost respect for their animals and this shows in the trust that the animals have with them.
    To be able to enter a cage with bushbabies, a white lion, monkeys and a pair of cheetahs was astounding. To also hand feed a male white lion and a hyena was all beyond what I expected.Read more

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    Another beach day

    September 24, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Nice stroll along the beach, went down to kenwa and the back all the way to the lighthouse.
    Saw some starfish again - the beach looked different near the lighthouse with all the fishing boats in.

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    Final full day

    September 25, 2018 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Well today is about..... The beach an early Morning dip followed by a stroll through some of the shops to pick up some trinkets then I think to nite its lobster again

    Joined for breakfast by a monkey and its baby who were just pass g byRead more

    Trip end
    September 27, 2018
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