Last few hours

I joined the boys back at the hotel for my final night in Dar es Salaam. I simply can't understand why there seems to be more in my suitcases now than when I first arrived. I have hardly bought a thing and have left so much behind. I am hoping that my husband can take some of it back to Australia as I am now off to England.We had a quiet evening and relatively early night. 

There were a few hours free on the last morning. We had a leisurely stroll down to the beach.  I was saturated by the time we got back to the hotel.

Eish!

 

The National Museum was close to the hotel and as we still had a bit of time we went in.

Masai carvings at the entrance to the museum

 

It has an air of genteel neglect and initailly we only saw one other visitor. The Museum houses the fossil discoveries from Olduvai Gorge as well as a mishmash of objects, photos and yellowing documents depicting the years of slavery, colonialism and the anti-colonial struggle.
 

 Statue of slaves carrying an elephant tusk (it was real)

 

The neighbourhood

 

At last it was time to leave.  The taxi ride to the airport was less adventurous than previously experienced but still involved a lot of hooting and lane swapping.  We arrived at Dar airport in good time and the GHAWA team were close behind so I was able to say a final farewell.  So sad this journey is complete.  I would love to do this again.

 

The plane to Dubai was packed.  It seems the ground staff had done their level best to ensure every family member and friend did not sit together so chaos reigned!!

 

In Dubai my son and I said goodbye to my husband who was returning to Perth due to work committments while we were heading to the UK and the next adventure.