{"id":25,"date":"2018-04-02T06:10:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T06:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2018-04-04T03:34:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T03:34:01","slug":"tanzania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-525\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Tanzan6.gif?resize=84%2C85&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"85\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Tanzania is where we hit the Indian Ocean coast, thus completing an East-West continental crossing (we had been at the Atlantic Ocean coast in Namibia). The first few days in Tanzania where spent just driving &#8211; there&#8217;s not much to see between Lake Malawi and Dar Es Salaam. Then we spent some time on the island of Zanzibar. After that Ngorongoro crater and the Kilimanjaro climb (see a separate page in this web-site).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-441\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_spicetour1.jpg?resize=272%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_spicetour1.jpg?resize=204%2C300&amp;ssl=1 204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_spicetour1.jpg?w=256&amp;ssl=1 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 85vw, 272px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-442\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_spicetour2.jpg?resize=265%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_spicetour2.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_spicetour2.jpg?w=380&amp;ssl=1 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 85vw, 265px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Our guide on the spice-tour on Zanzibar showing us how to eat &#8220;the fruit that smells like hell and tastes like heaven&#8221; (it really did, too!); a pineapple plant (each plant grows only one pineapple each year)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Slavequarters.jpg?resize=736%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Slavequarters.jpg?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Slavequarters.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 85vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>The holding pen for slaves due to be sold at the slave market in Zanzibar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngorogroup.jpg?resize=643%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngorogroup.jpg?w=643&amp;ssl=1 643w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngorogroup.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 85vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>View of Ngorongoro crater from the rim. Standing from left to right: Eli, Pat, Rob, Bruno, myself, Jo; Squatting: Martine, Jay, Tommy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-439\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngororain.jpg?resize=736%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngororain.jpg?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngororain.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 85vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Inside the Ngorongoro crater we saw a thunderstorm less than a few kilometers away&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-432\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_lion.jpg?resize=300%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_lion.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_lion.jpg?w=492&amp;ssl=1 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_lion2.jpg?resize=445%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Lion in Ngorongoro Crater\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<applet codebase=\"..\/\" code=\"fphover.class\" width=\"150\" height=\"24\"><\/applet><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_zebra.jpg?resize=406%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_zebra.jpg?w=406&amp;ssl=1 406w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_zebra.jpg?resize=300%2C267&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 85vw, 406px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-431\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_flamingos.jpg?resize=732%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_flamingos.jpg?w=732&amp;ssl=1 732w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_flamingos.jpg?resize=300%2C69&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 85vw, 732px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Zebra, flamingos in Ngorongoro crater<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-436 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngoro_vultures.jpg?resize=631%2C202&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngoro_vultures.jpg?w=631&amp;ssl=1 631w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngoro_vultures.jpg?resize=300%2C96&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 85vw, 631px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Vultures swooping down on the left-overs of a lion&#8217;s kill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngoro_jeep.jpg?resize=573%2C383&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngoro_jeep.jpg?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngoro_jeep.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 85vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Bruno, Pat, Jay, Tommy watching the animals from the jeep<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-435\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngoro_shepherd.jpg?resize=735%2C378&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngoro_shepherd.jpg?w=735&amp;ssl=1 735w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TA_Ngoro_shepherd.jpg?resize=300%2C154&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 85vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Masai farmer tending to his herd in Ngorongoro crater (that&#8217;s right &#8211; the same place where the lions, elephants, etc. roam)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzania is where we hit the Indian Ocean coast, thus completing an East-West continental crossing (we had been at the Atlantic Ocean coast in Namibia). The first few days in Tanzania where spent just driving &#8211; there&#8217;s not much to see between Lake Malawi and Dar Es Salaam. Then we spent some time on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/tanzania\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tanzania&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}