We arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania July 7th. Anthony from the Tanzania Teachers’ Union was there to meet us at the gate. Unfortunately, only one of my suitcases made it to Tanzania. Several days later it arrived with the lock removed and digital camera missing. The airline declined to take responsibility. Kenya Airways – The Pride of Africa!
During our time in Tanzania we stayed at the Mbezi Garden Hotel. The hotel is located northeast of Dar es Salaam, about an hour and a half from the airport.
Tanzania has one of the highest incidence of death due to Malaria in Africa. My bed was outfitted with a mosquito net.
Flew out of Edmonton July 4th and arrived in London July 5th. The following day we flew out of Heathrow Airport to Nairobi, Kenya. We arrived in Nairobi one hour before our scheduled flight to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. There were no signs indicating gates for flights and none of the airport personnel were able to provide answers. Instead we were told to join a line with several hundred travelers waiting for flight information. For the next four and a half hours we stood in line. During this time we found out our Kenya Airways flight had been cancelled and were put on another flight scheduled for the next morning. We were then told to go to the Kenya Airways lounge and wait. No apologies, no explanations, no compensation, and no night’s sleep!
Standing in line in Nairobi gave us a glimpse of the cultural differences between various ethnic groups while we waited. We learned just how patient and polite Japanese and Indian tourists are while being physically pushed out of the way by 30 or 40 Africans from the Ivory Coast.
Had no problems with the bottled water in Kenya or Tanzania.
