Heading south

We left Arusha early in the morning to drive to Bagamoyo north of Dar Es Salaam on the coast. It was a very long drive, 11 hours we spent in our truck Morrison. It was bumpy and hot but everyone was in a good mood.

We arrived to Bagamoyo to be able to see the build camp and to cook dinner before the darkness arrived.

That night was so hot I didn't know where to turn in my tent. The only thing that kept me from going out to spend the night under the stars was the mosquitos.

In the morning we headed to Dar Es Salaam that I now learned is not the capital of Tanzania. From there we took a ferry to Unguya, which is the real name of the island we normally call Zanzibar. 

Zanzibar actually means "many islands" and includes the two big islands Unguya and Pemba together with about 50 small islands.

First night we stayed in Stone Town. I attended a great and very interesting guided city tour. The most interesting and also most scaring part of the tour was the history of the slaves. Zanzibar was a huge slave port for 400 years. About two million slaves passed through here.

We got to see the actual chambers the were kept in waiting for the auctions.

It was horrible. Where the auction place was, the built a church only short after the end of slavery. The banned slavery in Zanzibar 6 June 1873, but it didn't finish until as late as 1907.

In the church you find a circular mark by the altar, this marks out where the whipping pole was placed,on the square for auction.

We also visited som beautiful old buildings and finally the house where Freddy  Murcery was born.

It was a great tour.