Saturday, 26 September 2009
I landed in Dar es Salaam around 3:30pm... was at the hotel a little before 5. So as you can see, the immigration process was fast! But I would hardly say inefficient! The international airport was small... with maybe 4 or 5 terminals! Ours was the only plane there that I saw. So basically, there really wasn't much going on at the airport.
We stepped out and met our driver, who was standing outside with our names on a placard. The weather is great! It's like 31 C (90 F) but not humid... just the way I like it! :)
One of the first things that hits me when I compare to my experience of coming out of the international airport in India (Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, etc.) is how its not crowded and how its so much cleaner outside.
Just so you know, Tanzania's population is about 40 million and Dar es Salaam's is about 3-4 million. So compare it to India, that's quite small (though I find it interesting that 10% of the country's population lives in one city in the country - Dar es Salaam)
We leave the airport and head to our hotel. Some faces of poverty I guess are the same everywhere. At every light, there were children and young adolescents selling things or just plain begging (just like in India). I didn't see any deformed people though (people with limbs cut off, distorted features, etc. - you know what I mean) as you see in India... but it's only been 1 hour. Will see if that holds true.
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