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Arusha to Mbeya: Leap Year Country Crossing. Feb 29 Up at 04:48, showered, checked out of my dungeon hotel room and rushed off to the bus station. Found a ticket from Arusha to Mbeya for 56,000 ($25.50). Likely paid too much but it was too early to think. Found out the bus would not arrive and leave again until 07:00. Went back to the hotel. Checked back in at 05:38. Slept again until 06:38. Rushed off to the bus station....
by The Beave · Published February 28, 2016 · Last modified November 23, 2016
Nairobi to Arusha: Blagging Immigration. Feb 28 So I realize that it is a leap year and that means tomorrow is a fancy day. I feel like I need an explanation as to why some months have 30 days and some have 31. What is the reason that February normally only has 28 for ¾ of the time? Who came up with this nonsensical number system…and now that I think about it, why 24 hours? Why did they not base...
Arusha to Mwanza – A Sore Ass and Overlooking the Obvious. Jan 17 Swahili loves to double up on the words language-wise. Here are some examples. Almost every word I know in the language is doubled. picki-picki – Motorcycle (because it makes the sound ‘picki-picki-picki-picki’) pole-pole – Slow peeli-peeli – Spicy boda-boda – Road haraka-haraka – Hurry I was up at 04:30 so that I could shower and check in for my Arusha to Mwanza bus. I had bought a bus...
Karatu to Arusha – First World Complainers. Jan 16 Grace was a handful this morning. She was very provocative. I liked the idea, but I was out of condoms and that meant that nothing was happening. She told me that I should go out and buy more. Yea, right, I am going to leave a local woman, who I met in a bar, in my room alone with all of my most important road possessions while I go out and...
Moshi to Mbulu – Local Love Proposals and Chasing Tires with Sticks. Jan 4 Time to get out of Moshi. One day of a return was enough. I said goodbye to my Danish friends at breakfast and caught a dola-dola to make a trip from Moshi to Mbulu. The first stop was Arusha. Arusha is a big city that I did not want to be near, yet have to use it somewhat. There was a crowd of people waiting for...
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