Dar esSalaam

A  4.15am start to take the bus back to the Port in Stone Town on the West of the Island where we catch the ferry to Dar es Salaam. It was a one and a half hour trip crossing the Indian Ocean in a Catamaran ferry. 

Arriving into the Dar es Salaam harbour with a view of our hotel on the cliff

A very overcrowded boat with their fishing nets

Coming into the ferry terminal looking across to a bustling fish market

Once we had jostled our way out of the crowded boat we were taken by bus to the Mkonde carvers. They were amazing 

The beginning of another carving in an Ebony log 

A finished carving which tells the story of their life

Sitting on their dirt floors in the heat under the rusty corrugated iron for shade.

Next stop was the Tinga Tinga artists. There was some great artwork and so much of it.

We had delicious pizzas on the seafront at the Slipway before settling into the Seacliff hotel on the cliff.

Sue has certainly left her mark here in Dar es Salaam after having held propagation workshops and encouraging them to go out and start their own nurseries. Now there are so many little roadside nurseries utilising the empty roadside land and earning a living for themselves.