Jambo, Jambo, Bwana

This the song and the greeting heard all over Zanzabar.

Jambo, Jambo, Bwana
Habari gani, nzuri sana
Wageni, mwakaribishwa
Zanzibar yetu.
Yakima matata.

This is the refrain sung over and over as I wander the streets of Zanzibar Town in the rain this morning. I think the cattle on the beach sing it as well.





The boats sing it at low tide.






The women sing it waiting for the tide to change.

Malawi in the Rain

Sunday evening the flash and thunder show on the water was spectacular. I sat for one hour watching and dreaming before I went to my tent. Shortly after drifting off to sleep the deluge hit, and I had to race closing the two window covers from the outside.





Life continues here in the rain with markets loud and boisterous. Malawi is so crowded and so poor. I wonder at times if Dr. Livingston's presence might have contributed to this. He does have heroic status all across Eastern Africa. There are monuments to war heroes in Malawi, Victoria Falls, and on Zanzibar. However there is not one African name among the hundreds inscribed.

Slave Auction on Zanzibar

My visit to Robbin Island near Cape Town was exhilarating. This visit to the slave auction on Zanzibar was chilling.


This is the underground impoundment for slaves waiting for auction.







Here is the sculpture display honoring the peopled sold here.





















This woman was resting near by.

Dar es Salaam

Wandering the early morning streets of Dar searching for coffee, an ATM, and a bookstore, I tried several ATMs that refused my Visa. Rounding a corner these delightful women were scrubbing the walks in front of a bank. They danced and shouted that they would direct me to an ATM if I would take their photo. Success!




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Zanzibar

Fresh warm ocean breezes again! It is Zanzibar and I can blog again using a feed from one of the near by consulate. The winding streets here in Old Stone Town are full of spice smells.











I sat at Livingston Bar for a while drinking a Tusker while watching the local ferry loading techniques.








These are two wheel drive vehicles being loaded from a deep soft sand beach manually.
Some of the older building from the sultanates are still being used for government, restaurants, and retail shops.

Mukuni National Park Tanzania

Between Iringa and DarEsSalaam, Tanzania there is a wonderful national park with rolling green hills, this year any way, and grand Baobab Trees guarding the grass lands.









Here we discovered a small family group of elephants with two moms with babies and a young juvenile bull. Everything was calm until a large white SUV roared up spooking the moms and babies.









The young male took this opportunity to protect the retreating families.


















He put on quite a show!

Chintimba Camp on Lake Malawi

This morning looked to be a continuation of the rain pattern we have had form the last week and a half, but the storm blew south on the lake and a nice dry breeze replaced the storm.





This is the dirt road up to Livingstonia. I hiked part way up to road this morning. The round trip is about 34 kilometers.





In camp there were several birds, flowers, and other nice things.



This is a Southern Cordon Bleu.





This guy hiding in the bush is a White-browed Coucal.
















Can't i.d. this guy.
















This is the sign greeting me when I returned to camp from a hike to the local village.