Over the Fall Break, Ocean and I visited Tanzania as part of the TIS Adventure Program. Ocean became a PADI Certified Diver at the Fish Eagle Point Resort and Nature Center. We also went on a safari in the Mkomazi National Park. It was my first time on the continent of Africa and Tanzania is country #69 on my life list of countries visited. We had a trip of a lifetime! We flew from Tashkent to Zanzibar, with a connection in Dubai. From Zanzibar we took a short flight to the mainland capital of Dar Es Salaam. From there, we drove north to the city of Tanga and out to the peninsula owned by Fish Eagle Point Resort. It was nice to stop in Dubai. Ocean and I had McDonald’s and Starbucks and I was able to buy a power cord for my camera.
I spent 13 years in South America and I was curious how it compared to Africa. I was excited to be back in the tropics as the north of Tanzania is less than 5 degrees south of the equator. I love the tropics and it brought back memories of my time in Latin America. Africa is poorer than South America, although there are many similarities. The road leaving the airport heading out of Dar Es Salaam was under construction and traffic was chaotic and busy. The first two things I noticed were women carrying things on the top of their heads and many of the villages and towns lacked street lights. That is a lower tier of infrastructure in South America.
We are exhausted when we arrived in the middle of the night at the resort. I was so happy to fall asleep in my tent and was excited to see the beauty of the Tanzanian coast in the morning sunlight.
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