So glad we took a couple of days in Amsterdam en route to Africa (Thanks Barb M. for the encouragement). What a cycling city! More people on coaster bikes than pedestrians and cars put together it seems.
And although bike theft is apparently high, the other end of the spectrum is bikes returning to nature, they have been so long in one place.
After some initial disorientation on Rose's part, we found our way around the city fairly easily taking the train to and from the airport and the canal and city buses to get to and fro as well as a lot of walking. Rose now fully appreciates the importance of laptop weight when buying laptops.
Day 1 was devoted mostly to jet lag. Day 2 was museum day with a visit to the Van Gogh and Rijkmuseam as well as an external visit only to Anne Frank Huis - the line was way too long and it was enough to just to see where she was hiding as both of us had been moved by her diary.
Day 3 was a day of travel - 12 hours on a plane, 2 sitting on the tarmac at Kilimanjaro Airport in the dark so we couldn't even see the mountain. But the views from the plane of the Alps and the North African desert were spectacular.
Day 4 finds us in Dar after pretty good sleeps. Our hotel is downtown with a view
over the Bay.
After some initial disorientation on Rose's part, we found our way around the city fairly easily taking the train to and from the airport and the canal and city buses to get to and fro as well as a lot of walking. Rose now fully appreciates the importance of laptop weight when buying laptops.Day 1 was devoted mostly to jet lag. Day 2 was museum day with a visit to the Van Gogh and Rijkmuseam as well as an external visit only to Anne Frank Huis - the line was way too long and it was enough to just to see where she was hiding as both of us had been moved by her diary.
Day 3 was a day of travel - 12 hours on a plane, 2 sitting on the tarmac at Kilimanjaro Airport in the dark so we couldn't even see the mountain. But the views from the plane of the Alps and the North African desert were spectacular.
Day 4 finds us in Dar after pretty good sleeps. Our hotel is downtown with a view
over the Bay.It's hot. Lots of people. We walked around town this morning and will venture out again to buy a cell phone later today. While we have seen other mzungu (white folks), we are few and far between.
1 comment:
yay! so glad you've arrived safely.
xox
lukas
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