We are the Champions!!!!!!!

Enough said about that :o)

Well Dar is quite a mixed bag. I cant quite decide what I think yet. We have been really fortunate in having Andy to show us around. Initially it felt like we had entered a maze of tracks in the middle of suburbia, but amoungst the chaos there does seem to be a little logic...and I mean a little. Where else in the world will you see guys working on the roads, while everyone is still driving on it. If there is a roller in the way, just drive around it and be on your way. It is quite something to see. We seem to be getting used to it. The worrying thing is the amount of cable that surounds where the guys have been digging....

Well after singing the cars praises we have hit a few snags. The other battery decided to konk out on us and just so that it did not feel alone, the alternator also decided it was tickets. So a day of poor rohan running around to get it sorted. Lucky for us Andy's has some "fundies" at the office to help us out. Well everything seems sorted, although we are now running 2 normal batteries. Visions of our 2 brand new deep cells sitting at home still taunt us in ur dreams....but alas akunamatata as they say over here!!

Today Andy took us to a little town north of Dar called Bagamoyo. Bagamoyo was where a lot of the slave trade in east africa operated from. There are ruins there of the oldest mosque in East africa erected by the persions. Made from Coral and Limestone, it is quite amazing. Simular to stone town on Zanzibar. The coast line there is also quite spectacular. It is the closest point to zanzibar, about 15km coast to coast. We really enjoyed our tour around with Andy. Check out the album for photos.

Our week here in Dar has really flown. It has been great to have a break out from the car and the road. But we are both quite looking forward to the next leg of the trip. From here we will head to Kilwa, which seems to be masked in even more history as a trading port than Zanzibaar. So we will go and check it out for a few days before heading to Mtwara and then into Mozambique via the Rovuma River Ferry.

I am really looking forward to Mozambique. I have got my mom joining us for a week so very excited about that. Going to be great to have some family around again. Was so nice having Rohans folks with us in Zambia. Hoping they might still surprise us and join us in Pemba(**hint hint**)

Anyway, heading out to dinner with Andy and Jenny tonight for a our last night in Dar...although there is small chance we might be sticking around tomorrow for some sailing....Watch this space.