A Day In Moshi

(8:49pm local time) We arrived in Tanzania yesterday morning from Nairobi, Kenya, and our clocks were way out of whack.Fortunately our gear arrived with us and all those worries were set aside. Once arriving in Moshi, we went walking and stumbled upon an open market that will certainly stay with me for along time to come. Today we spent all day in Moshi, did some shopping, but unfortunately, only took a few photos.

Off to Mt. Meru tomorrow morning. Just about to pack our bags and head to bed. Sun sets here@5:30pm and it's black by 7:00pm. Temp been good, cloudy all today and much of yesterday kept temps cooler. This is the coolest time of year here.

Gotta cut this short, space button on this keyboard doesn't work,will update via txt in the days to come.Got cell phone hooked up and going this aft.

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Where in the World is Tanzania?

... (and other fun facts)


- Located in eastern Africa
- Approx 39000000 citizens
- About 50% larger than Saskatchewan
- Gained independence in 1964
- Shares the largest lake in Africa, Lake Victoria, with Kenya & Uganda (2nd largest freshwater lake in the world)
- Second deepest lake in the world (Lake Tanganyika
- Over 1/3 of the country protected as parks, game reserves & conservation areas.
- Sunrise around 6:30am and sunset at 6:45pm. 12 hours of daylight year round.
- Life expectancy at birth: ~50 years
- Less than 200000 phone landlines compared to 6000000+ cell phones.
- GMT +3 (9 hours difference from Saskatchewan)
- Approx 8% of the population is believed to have HIV/AIDS

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