Success in Stonetown and onto Tanga

Trip Start May 21, 2008

Trip End Jul 13, 2008

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Inn by the Sea

(Tanga hotels)

Flag of Tanzania Tanga, Tanzania
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

......While finishing our emails in Stonetown, we met with one of the men who worked for Coastal Airlines. He told us that they were able to pay for the tickets, however we should meet the man, Abdul, who bought the tickets at the airport instead of the office in town. Since this is where we were heading, it worked well for us. When we arrived at the airport, we saw Abdul who had the tickets in hand. What a relief to see him. To thank him we gave him a 20 dollar tip. We also bought him lunch. Unfortunately the restaurant above the airport only had two things, an egg sandwich or a vegetable sandwich. The rest were unavailable due to the loss of power.
The plane from Zanzibar to Tanga was a small 16 seat Cessna, plane. It stopped briefly in Pemba, an island just north of the Zanzibar Island. At this time I asked the pilot if I could sit in the copilot seat for the duration of the trip, and he said it was ok. It was really neat to have this perspective

Plane we tokk to.from Zanzibar

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When we arrived in Tanga, we met a Taxi driver, who proclaimed that he was the only Indian Taxi driver in town and everyone knew him. The hotel we had chosen was completely booked, as there was a government convention being held in Tanga for this particular group and many officials from all over Tanzania had come to Tanga. He then took us to another hotel, called Inn by the Sea. The location was lovely as it was on a cliff over looking the harbor. However, the rooms had much to be desired. It was ok for the night, so we decided to stay here. The taxi driver offered to come back later to bring us to town for dinner, which we agreed would be good. While we were resting, the taxi driver was kind enough to find out about bus schedules and find us a converter for our American electronic plugs.
The next day we had a quick breakfast of bread , jam and eggs for Juan and Isabella. The we were off to the bus station.

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