Monday October 25th
Karim picked me up and we arrived at Ubungo early for my
8:30 basi back to Pangani. It was a good
job we did because after searching for Shillingi VIP on the front of one of the
buses we were informed that it had crashed and I would have to transfer to a
Tanga coach. As they gave me a new
ticket and refunded Tsh 2000 to cover the loss of the Pangani part of the trip,
I had no reason to doubt the story and bid farewell to my guide and found my
seat.
Once again I found myself on the window side of a pair of
seats anxiously scanning my fellow travellers as they boarded to see who would
be my companion for the next six hours.
You win some, you lose some. I’ve
had some interesting companions on my travels over here but this one was only
really interesting in her size as she could easily have auditioned for the Roly
Polys. I am the last person to be sizeist
with a track record like mine but I was hoping for a minimum of 50% of the seat
on the road up to Tanga.
My new bus company, in fact, left at 8:00 so , as I had to
change anyway, I took advantage of the stop-over in Tanga to visit a computer shop and
arrange for a new screen to be for to my laptop which hopefully will see me
back into regular contact again.
Returned home to find the place over-run with bl***y
Muzungus. They get everywhere. A group working in the hills had come down
with some friends for some rest and relaxation at the YMCA and are spending
days going out in boats and snorkelling and the like. I’m very envious.
Back to school tomorrow.
Baadaye
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