Depart for Dar .. What a Team!

To be honest it was both exciting and a bit sad to leave Morogoro.  The mix of hard work, the amazing chance to experience local African culture while working and not just a tourist,  and the new IBM team friendships we had forged ... was pretty unique.      We decided we should take take team and a group  photo beside the huge world map in the hotel lobby.... good idea! 

Team #1!!

We Are The World 

Back in our chariot.  Luggage practices not up to code!!

Not sure the luggage police would approve.

Perhaps the one 2 people awake on the bus!

Not sure my pictures do justice to some of the sights you
 see of people, cars, trucks , motorbicycles, and people
 sharing the roads.  I was luck to snap this one out of the
 moving bus window.  Training for the next Grand Fondo?

When we got to Dar we checked in to the Peacock and went to a local outdoor spot for lunch... BBQ

Chicken and fish

Some went to shop.  I wanted to see the Jonathan's adventure through to completion so accompanied him to the hospital to get his stitches out.  No basement pharmacy without any windows here!!

I suggested to a number of the staff including the stitch removal specialist that
I hoped Jonathan did not start act up and make a fuss again.
Every thing went fine

View from my room at sundown ...

Shaun has been itching to get out to sample some local food in this city of 3-4 million.  Our driver suggested a spot and off we went.  You know a smok'in hot fire under bubbling oil brings up a sweat on a 30 degree evening with high humidity.  Shaun

Appetizers

Boys night out!  Would our stomachs handle it.  Shaun decided to try pretty much everything including  egg pizza, shrimp, bread  ... think I messed a couple of things .. to put it to the test.

These egg pizzas were wonderful... here is the process:
1) roll out a 6 inch square thin dough crust between your thumb and forefingers.  Add some ingredients and a cracked egg and mix a bit.
2) Toss it on a high temperature basin grill for a minute or two...then flip over.
3) Slice it up in one inch squares and put more stuff on top including a thin tomato like sauce
4) Serve ... and eat with your fingers.

Step 1

Step 2

The cook!

Step 3

These two little guys watched on
and seemed to find
the group of us quite interesting 

Step 4 ...enjoy! .. and repeat!

We asked our swahili driver to do some unnatural acts with our big bus including finding an ice cream shop. 

I did ...                                 

Small single coop and cone 1000 tsz.... 66 cents.
 No double scoops but you  can buy a second cone
for another 1000