Day 12 - Tanga to Moshi on the hitch-o-bus.

We've just arrived in Moshi after hitching from tanga on the back of a pickup and in a very nice, air-conditioned car with some nice tanzanians - Kilimanjaro is in the background and everything is pretty cool.

Tanga was a nice place - visited Emma's old school and we were treated unbelievably well by everyone there - we also visited another school where Emma's old headmaster now works - again, great fun and everyone was so kind.

Had some fun in the Kola Prieto hotel in tanga - we didn't realise they instigated electricity rationing in tanzania last month but now we're used to it and can cope with not having any during daylight hours. however, this particular hotel just had too many things wrong...no nets and even wwith aircon, you need mozzie nets. We went to the restaurant for food in the evening and were given a menu. After choosing, we were told the only thing on offer was chicken - so we chose some (different chicken dishes). Fifteen minutes later we were presented with fried chicken and chips - twice....it was funny but we were hungry so the next day decided to move to a much nicer hotel near the coast - paradise in comparison and the food was good too.

Short update today and still no photos to upload am afraid...I'm a bit worried that trying to upload a 3MB photo would bring down the tanzanian internet connnection anyway...

Trying to arrange our safari today so fingers crossed for that.

Sampling the Moshi nightlife tonight, starting with a drink in the hotel rooftop bar, looking out over at the mountain...

:)