By the seaside in Dar-Es-Salaam
After quite a busy Safari week we decided it would be wise to relax some days before heading southwest to Zambia with train… Emeric Philip got a fever and showed symptoms of malaria. We had to rush to the hospital but the doctor could say exactly what his state was so he equipped him with 2 self-test sets of malaria and medicine in case of emergency on our train trip to Zambia they day after. Continue reading
Early in the morning we went by bus back to Dar-Es-Salaam. The bus trip took us 10 ½ hours and we were all exhausted when we finally arrived the hotel. We ate a quick dinner before entering our preparing our mosquito nets around our beds to go to sleep. Tomorrow will be a day of relaxation… 

At 05.30 the alarm clock went off, we slipped into our clothes and picked up our bags. A new adventure awaited. We set off for Serengeti at 06.30 and arrived our camp destination at 19.30 – exhausted. Still our driver Freddy had driven like a pro in “Rally Dakar”. After a flat tire and a motor breakdown we were lucky enough to get rescued by another Landcruiser and reached the camp just before sunset.
Today we aimed at visiting the Chagga tribe nearby Kilimanjaro. We learned how they made iron spears and tools, cultivate coffe, ananas, bananas and learning about their history with gophers (soil caves) to hide from other tribes in their past. Further we walked to a beautiful waterfall nearby and nearly touched Kilimanjaro… Next time we’ll klimb it perhaps? 🙂
We went up early in the morning to pack our bags to go to Dar-Es-Salaam. Before leaving we ate our last breakfast in the villa we stayed in. Our Cook Aisha made another great breakfast before we had to say goodbye. 
These are the days for relaxation. Waking up early in the morning to birds singing outside our villa. Spending days looking at the view – which was amazing. The fishermen came in with their catch and children and women came to help carrying it from the boats. By the way – Hakuna matata in Swahili means “Relax – no worries”.