My Africa First Impressions...

A friend of mine always had a saying.... "It's Hot, AFRICA Hot!"

Yes...yes it is.

It's a good thing we've been in the tropics for a while now. Otherwise, I would have melted in our fan only bedroom in Dar Es Salaam. Even then we had the fan cranked on high! Seriously no need for hot water here.

Dar Es Salaam was nice. I had my usual new place jitters but it wasn't too bad. We had a nice dinner and chatted with the manager of Chefs Pride (Mr. Ali Baba) for a bit and he was telling us all about Zanzibar and the barely covered Italian women (Zanzibar is mostly Islamic) there and how in a few years, Zanzibar will probably break away from Tanzania. He was quite funny, especially when his eyes were bulging when talking about those Italians ("There's nothing left to the imagination...it's all out there for you to see...").

We were pooped so not much else went on that day. Back to the hotel and prepared to head into Zanzibar the next morning!

It's an amazing land, with amazingly friendly people, and a culture as different and exotic as I've ever seen before. I can't wait to see more.