No bang, nor any boom

Spending another wilderness night over the year's turn in Tarangire national park would have been a nice opportunity. But instead, we use these days for relaxed mileage eating in order to relocate our asses to the southern end of the Eastern Arc Mountains. Our next destination Iringa lays two driving days ahead and will require a stop-over in Tanzania's political capital Dodoma. On my previous excursions I never gave Dodoma a real chance and only rushed through. Somehow my impression was very disillusioning but this time we will be taught a better one. It's vibrant but friendly around the market areas and not far from our hotel we find ourselves strolling along a traffic-free pedestrian zone with shops and stuff to the left and right. Wow, this must be the only "zone" one in whole Tanzania! And, finally, we find a kiosk serving freshly squeezed juices. Until now we found fresh fruits en mass everywhere along the road but nobody ever thought about turning them into juice. What a market gap – finally filled. We fall asleep long before "the event" and wake up in 2023 without any noticeable bang or boom.Read more