Africa: Around Dar es Salaam

We are just kicking around the DTP office today. Trying desperately to get this blog up to date. Alex is doing more training in the afternoon. We have lunch at Shafiq’s.

Following are some interesting street scenes:

A masaii in traditional colors.

Sugar cane vendor.

I believe this equipment is for sale, but you can try it out before you make a purchase.

Chantal has created a booby trap with all the cables to her Powerbook, drives, and DSR11.

For dessert, Shafiq attempts to disect something that looks like an internal organ. His choicce of a butterknife proves to be a poor one and the patient doesn’t make it. Luckily for us it turns out to be a delicious treat with almonds.

We head back to the office to get in some more computer time. Maina and Hanif head over to the bus depot to meet Rita, a girl who has come down from Nairobi to meet with us. Her twelve hour trip turned into sixteen with a four hour breakdown delay near the Tanzanian border. Maina and Hanif are surprised that the bus is still coming as it is illegal for them to be travelling after dark. Rita shows up and she launches straight into grilling Alex. The session does not last long, she is pretty wiped out from her trip. She promises to show us a internet appliance that her group has been working on.