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Thursday 31 May: No visitors this morning. We hear the sounds of the nearby village and travelers crossing the strip of sand in the bed of the river. In Tanzania, it is an hour later, we get as usual at half past six, then five and a half in Mozambique! We reach the trail which led to the landing of the deceased sacks sandwiches phoenix bin then through sacks sandwiches phoenix rice paddies, we arrived at the border of Tanzania. Formalities drag a bit but no problem, the girl at the immigration service even sings "Frère Jacques"! We continue on a very average trail through forests, cashew apple. Jean-Michel stops at a workshop shelling nuts and gets a great success with his usual eloquence. A hundred women break through the shell of an ancient device, mu foot. Some are located outside in a beautiful apple and others occupy a classroom. We are told that the nuts are then packaged and exported. We find the tar just before Mtwara we are experiencing. We seek to change money, what we do in a bank, then we seek supplies. Without supermarket, we walk the aisles of the market where we find fruit but meat stalls are not very appetizing. We have lunch in a tavern from the bus station, chicken thighs and fries sports heated with a water bottle. The neighboring shop sells beer but not this time! We try to find an internet cafe but none connection. All signs and advertisements are in Swahili, sometimes translated into English. We review the advertisements for hair salons with colorful and expressive paintings. We continue towards Lindi and stop shortly after to Mikindani former export of slaves and post colonial port on a beautiful bay surrounded by mangroves. We walk the streets and discover beautiful houses in ruins but some Indian or Arab origin of beautiful doors. At the top of the hill the boma, the administrative position has been transformed into a charming hotel. We leave, Traverso ns a nice covered area in the shade of coconut trees which grow bananas and plots planted with rice. We reach and Lindi are looking for a place to camp. We find the edge of the bay and again beautiful ruined but still look beautiful colonial houses. One no longer holds that through the roots of ficus and pushed between the walls. sacks sandwiches phoenix We arrive after a long bargaining to settle down in the courtyard of a hotel that has been of good behavior but is in full meltdown. We opened a room to use the bathroom. The sink is clogged sacks sandwiches phoenix and the water is cold ... The guards are Maasai, recognizable by their large size and especially their coverage in shades of red, rejected on the shoulder, and metal bands that surround their forearms. We take a drink and dine all tuna steaks bought at the market and grilled on their barbecues.
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