The Dar es Salaam Chapters: Saturday afternoon

This afternoon I headed to the beach with a friend, Isabel, and one of her friends, Ollie. It was his last day in Tanzania. He's studying medicine in the UK and was doing some sort of visit to hospitals here. He spent two months in the country helping in local hospitals.

We hopped in a bajaj to the Kigamboni ferry, where we walked aboard for a two minute trip across the habour. On the other side we jumped in another bajaj and headed out to Kipapao Beach resort to lay on the beach and bathe in the Indian Ocean.
The weather was gorgeous, not too hot but a little windy. The water was amazing! We chilled for a couple hours before heading back home, substituting the second bajaj on the other side (in uptown Dar) with a taxi home.

After a bite to eat and some time with the peritos, we headed to the Irish bar for a drink... my first social outing in Dar so far. We kept it low key and headed home after a few hours.

Earlier today I went to look at a house which I was rather fond of. It's huge (lots of room for guests) but has great character and really great outdoor space. It's a little above my budget, but I asked my agent to see how much she could get the rent down to. Tried to emphasize that I'll be there for the next three years (stable tenant) and work with a big organization so I'm a good kind of tenant to have. My agent took me there because she said he might be willing to negotiate price. I'm hoping it works out! Let's see.

Tomorrow I'm off to Kampala for work. Stupidly enough, I left my itinary at the office and I'm not actually sure what time I'm supposed to be at the airport tomorrow. I'm going to enjoy sleeping in tomorrow and lounging on the balcony in the morning before heading off.

Coincidentally, I'll be at the same hotel as the colleague whose house I'm sitting. I should be back in Dar on Wednesday evening.