Dar Es Salaam is Tanzania’s largest and most influential city. Yet Mount Kilimanjaro, the northern circuit of African wildlife and the island of Zanzibar are the reasons why many tourists that visit Tanzania miss the largest city altogether. With 4 – 6 million inhabitants, Dar Es Salaam is a vibrant East African city that includes [...]
Photo Favorite: Out to Sea in the Rain
by Mark Wiens on April 13, 2012
While I was relaxing with a cold Stoney Tangawizi in hand on a beach north of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania it all of a sudden decided to pour down with a heavy rain. The boat of fishermen pictured above was just starting to head out to sea for a night of fishing when the sky [...]
Photo Favorite: The Path of a Migration
by Mark Wiens on October 2, 2011
Location: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania This photo is special because it represents and explains a little bit of Migrationology 101. We drove this path on our way to a small vacation home on the Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania, a few hours south of Dar Es Salaam. It was absolutely beautiful. It’s the type of [...]
Photo Favorite: Tanzanian Style Coconut Fish!
by Mark Wiens on September 4, 2011
Location: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania I ate ferociously devoured this fish in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The tantalizing flavor was ensured with a thick peppery coconut cream that coated the divine meat of the fish!
33 Cups for a Buck: Drinking Street Coffee in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
by Mark Wiens on September 2, 2011
3 Cents That’s what it will cost you to enjoy a cup of coffee on the sweaty streets of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Dish out a few more cents and you’ll have the pleasure of alternating between sips of coffee and nibbles of sweet peanut brittle; It’s the choice method of sweetening coffee in these [...]
Photo Favorite: Surrounded on Dar Es Salaam’s Kigamboni Ferry
by Mark Wiens on July 15, 2011
Location: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania To get to South Beach from the main portion of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, it’s necessary to take a 5 minute ferry ride to the other side – located very close to the Dar Es Salaam fish market. Cars are the least used form of transportation when entering the Kigamboni [...]
Photo Favorite: Storm Brewing on the Coast of Tanzania
by Mark Wiens on June 10, 2011
Location: South of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania From the calm of the storm, I could observe the pouring of rain from the heavens, spanning it’s way across the coast of the Indian Ocean (just South of Dar Es Slaam) – it would arrive shortly.
Stoney Tangawizi – Africa’s Soda on Steroids!
by Mark Wiens on May 21, 2011
I don’t particularly like soda. In fact, I avoid drinking soda most of the time. Any kind of soda to me usually just tastes like sweet bubbles of sugar, which I’m not really a fan of. It’s not a deep hate that I have for soda, I’ll drink it if it’s the only option – [...]
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