we are living at lantitude 6°48'13.61"S longitude 39°16'33.18"E

My very first weekend in Dares Salaam. NO WORK TODAY:)The temperature hits 90F today
but I still made the trip to national museum and city tour. I could
not find a city map here so did some homework with google map. The
downtown is not far from where we live, approx 1 miles.

Walking on the street is not a pleasure experience in Dar. In general,
there's no sidewalk attaches the street, and even though it exists,
usually are sandy or dusty. Plus you have to be careful with the cars
pass through. I was scared once when almost hit by a car that appears
drive fast rather than well. Ouch!! The modern national museum locates
next to the botanical garden, but has few collections includes
ethnographic, historical and archaeological items. The old photographs
of Tanzania, coastal colonial history are particularly interesting to
me. Living in civilized society, it is hard to image the slave trade
of this country. In the museum, there's a whole floor exhibits the
national football league's achievements, they are on show dating from
the 50' to the 2007 FIFA world cup. I was the first visitor of the day and
the only one during my entire visit. I was very much enjoy the
peaceful moment which can be a luxury in Dar :).

Maybe it's weekend, I don't see any foreigner on the way to fish
market that locates along ocean road, past old post office, its a
well-knows place to watch fishing ships come and out, as well as the
fish trading. The market densely packed by locals, fortunately i met a
South African visitor accidentally on my way to the market so got some
accompany to enter into the market (to be honest, I won't go into the
market by my own). It turn out to be a great experience, the smell of
fresh fishes and prawn mingles with the scent of the sea, the heart
and main activity of ordinary people, and the view of coastal and
fishing vessel.

To be continued......

Lin