Nondescript Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Africa travel
I read so many wonderful reviews about Tanzania, its capital Dar es Salaam and the island Zanzibar. I dreamed of seeing the beauty of this country. A ticket from Victoria Falls to Dar es Salaam costs 28.000 rubles. This is the lowest price. Direct flights cost twice as much, and all the rest with landings and transfers in two to five countries. Initially, our plane made two short stops in Zambia and Malawi. Then he landed in Uganda and Ethiopia, and flew from Ethiopia to Dar es Salaam Tanzania. They flew for more than a day. Already from the side you could see the nondescript Dar es Salaam airport. They charged me 50 dollars for a visa, but I was happy, because, according to tourists and travel agencies, this is a beautiful country. The airport is worse than in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. There are a lot of passengers, but no conditions, it sucks. When leaving the airport, taxi drivers attacked me. For a trip to my hotel they asked for 40 dollars.
I found a neutral eggplant and asked him where the bus stop to the city center? He showed me the direction with his hand. For five US cents, I drove to the city center where my hotel was located. The bus of the period of 30 years ago was packed to the very roof. I had to endure, and outside the bus window flashed the squalor of buildings and solid garbage. I thought that the center is better, but I was wrong. General rubbish. The hotel gave me a room more expensive than booked five times. I had to pay because I was tired of the daily flight. The room turned out to be very small and shabby, but I didn't care about that as there was a shower and air conditioning with a fan. The view from the window was on the sheds. A very cunning mosquito lived in my room, it bit me, but I never managed to swat it. The hotel was run by Indians. The next morning I bought a ticket for the sea express, and went for a walk around the center. 30 minutes was enough for me to understand that the city sucks.
At every step, taxi drivers got me, pointers of the road, and those who wanted to bring my bag for money. I felt sorry for them, because there is no work. The president of the country, like all the presidents of Africa, is engaged in personal enrichment, but not the country. Residents try to provide for themselves somehow. There are no fat people at all, and the men are thin and small. Women are also different, but mostly of medium build and thin. From the outside, I noticed that women in Africa are mostly quiet, calm, mess around with children, do housework, and do not get into squabbles and scandals. They don't smoke or drink. They love children, family, not dogs. They never play smart, and do not show their “mental abilities”, like some of our women. Simply, the women of Africa know their place. There are many disabled people, as in Cambodia, and homeless people. I did not understand those tourists who praised Tanzania. What were they guided by? Sheer deception. In a word, I debunked two features for myself.
Johannesburg is safe and you can walk alone with a camera until the evening. All intimidation of tourists and travel agencies about the dangers in Johannesburg has been called into question. Tanzania does not live up to the colorful descriptions and for me it is one of the worst countries. All these are my conclusions in general, and it is up to each tourist to decide whether to go here or not. The waters of the Indian Ocean in this area are heavily polluted.
This is the best thing in the capital of Tanzania
My hotel.
The fish market of the capital.
