First trip to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

I traveled to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in March 2003 to do some database work for the USAID mission there (just as I’ve done in Kazakhstan and Cambodia).

i wake up on the first morning and look out my window and this is what i see: the indian ocean! — i wake up on the first morning and look out my window in the sea cliff hotel and this is what i see: the indian ocean!

another shot out my window

small cliff inlet with the sea cliff in the distance — small cliff inlet with the sea cliff hotel in the distance

the indian ocean, the sky, and the clouds

justin bothering some cows

fun things that you find in the brush

cacti plumes as high as me

palm trees

palm trees and ocean

infestation of palm trees

a skiff

white sandy beach (and no tourists! except me)

palms

man selling carrots at the market. i had to take these shots clandestinely, so they're a little blurry. — man selling carrots at the market. i had to take these shots clandestinely, so they’re a little blurry

inside the kariakoo market

men selling coconuts

colorful woman on the street

doing some sort of coconut carving

two boys walking

colorful man and small girl

some roads are paved, and some are not

patrick made himself my companion

and wanted me to take his picture at the fish market - but the fishmonger in the blue shirt wasn't too happy — and wanted me to take his picture at the fish market – but the fishmonger in the blue shirt wasn’t too happy

Note: These photos originally appeared in my photo galleries.