by Mike Wood | Oct 20, 2025
We were in a fabulous Marriott Autograph property on Zanzibar. It’s not a high rise, but several separate two story buildings and villas. Thick smoke started billowing out of one section of the property. And about 20 employees were running around and pulling out...
by Mike Wood | Oct 17, 2025
After the debacle with the train and taxi, we spent one night in Iringa and then we caught a flight back to Dar Es Salaam. We stayed in a great Ramada using only 13,500 Wyndham points. They had a huge 54 meter pool and an expansive breakfast buffet. The next day we...
by Mike Wood | Oct 12, 2025
during our drive to the train station, the taxi broke down. We then switched to a Bajaj and the driver got lost. We got to the train station late, but managed to get on our first class sleeper train. The train was pretty disappointing with a hole in the floor for the...
by Mike Wood | Oct 11, 2025
We are on the train from Dar Es Salaam to Mbeya. However, the train in front of us just crashed. So they have unloaded everybody on our train at Mlimba, which is in the middle of nowhere. We are now trying to see if we can get a taxi to Iringa, where there is a small...
by Mike Wood | Oct 11, 2025
But we made it to the train on time. Our first class sleeper compartment is… well, we’re schluming it now. The toilet is a room with a hole in the floor. So everything just falls straight onto the tracks!
