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Yo Everybody.
We got to Dar es Salaam OK. The coach trip was mental...sometimes we were going at over 140km/h. We were sat right at the front so we could see are death coming...for a full 9 hours.
I said to Aaron halfway to Dar es Salaam that we should confirm our reservation. He said we didn't need to bother. So we got into Dar es Salaam and we walked out of the bus station, ignoring the taxi's and acted like we knew what we were doing. We got on a dalla-dalla (a matatu) and headed to the City Centre. We got off and worked our way to the YMCA, where they said they were full.
We were laughing about it, and I was like "I told you were should have confirmed it" and he was adamant we shouldn't have had to because "You were there when I booked it. Friday I said. I asked for a room for Friday", to which I told him "Chuck, it's Thursday".
We were just walked down the street laughing. YWCA was full aswell and we got in at a third attempt to the Luther House Hostel which was a bit pricier but clean, nice and had air-con.
We walked around for a bit but realised Dar es Salaam had nothing. We got some fast-food (in the Tanzanian version of McDonalds) then headed back to play cards in our room. Chuck walked into a tree branch that was a bit low. You could just hear this serious 'THUMP' in the dark and then Chuck saying "Was that a tree?!?!?". Stupid Irish b******.
Fell asleep with the air-con on and woke up at 4am FREEZING. Properly cold. I had to turn it off and then go onto the very small balcony to warm up, which made no sense to my brain at 4am.
It was my turn to be stupid in the morning. I had been moaning for a whole day that my new CD player to replace the iPod didn't work. I had charged it a couple of times but it just wouldn't turn on and I was mad. Then I found out where to put the batteries...
Booked our coach home and we are getting the Ferry to Zanzibar in an hour. Dar es Salaam is more civilised than Kenya and nobody shouts 'Hey Mzungu' or tries to rip you off for being white. The roads are safer and it seems a little more modern. That been said, it's boring as hell.
Thats about it. Chucks getting angry because they sometimes try and charge people an extra $100 for being Irish so he's ready for an argument. So I might be home in a few days if we get deported.
Will write when we are settled in Zanzibar (I confirmed our reservation this time)
Hope to hear from you all soon.
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