Showing posts with label Dar-es-salaam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dar-es-salaam. Show all posts

Monday, 23 May 2016

Mystery Tour



Part Time Maasai Warrior III

The travel plans for my trip to the Maasai Steppe are encouragingly vague. This is not travelling for those who like a firm itinerary. I do know that the big ceremony, during which I will be initiated, will take place over two days in early June. I know the name of the village where it will take place, but as I can't find it on Google Maps or indeed Search I am not much the wiser.

What I do know is that a young warrior will be dispatched from the village to Dar es Salaam to meet me at some point after I fly in. He will then escort me on the journey which involves a couple of long and uncomfortable bus rides and then a motorbike. It may take a day or it may take two.

How I will hook up with the young warrior in the chaos of Dar - one of the continent's fastest growing urban centres and slated as Africa's next Megalopolis - is to be decided.

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Africa Calling



I sit nursing a drink in Departures. I am off to Dar-es-Salaam for this year's ELA conference. I shall be chairing a session on how ICT based learning has been used in combating HIV/AIDS. Some big hitters on the panel and interesting stories to be told.

Following Dar with a trip to Zanzibar and then meetings in Nairobi on the way home.