Just arrived in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. It was a 10 hour drive in 90 degree heat in a bus with no air conditioning. Luckily, the bus only broke down twice along the way. Dar seems like a typical East African city - much like Nairobi and Kampala - with the exception of the heavy Muslim influence (I admit that the van that pulled up along side us with the big picture of Osama bin Laden in the back window kind of unnerved me - Seal Team 6 where are you when we need you?). Tomorrow we're up at 4 to take the ferry to Zanzibar for a week of rest and relaxation on the beach before we head home to the snow and cold.
Earlier this week we did the Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park. I won't post lots of pictures due to limited internet bandwidth here, but just a couple:
The spotted hyena:
The elephants surrounding our campsite when we woke up in the morning:
And a great shot of a large leopard lounging in a tree:
Well, that's all for now. We'll try to make one more post from Zanzibar. Home 1 week from tomorrow! Please try to get rid of the snow and cold before we get back......
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