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I was gonna do lots of things today for my last da

I was gonna do lots of things today for my last day in Dar but then I set 1 foot outside, felt the heat and came to my senses. My back is absolutely killing me from yesterday's market (and just in general) and I have a 10-hour bus ride to look forward to tomorrow. So we changed the plan to just relaxing and it's actually perfect like that!
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I've been to Dar Es Salaam several times and could

I've been to Dar Es Salaam several times and could literally find zero pictures to post of it. So let me share this one of the reason why I don't have pics of my first visit to Dar instead: this snorkeling trip in Zanzibar, during which my sister got so sunburnt she cried her way through her flight home a few days later. We came to Dar afterwards and were just unable to leave our hotel as even the feeling of a T-shirt on her back was unbearable. The only 'treatment' we could find was yoghurt and this cream that smelled like peanut sauce. Unfortunately not in a good way 😁
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One of the things you CAN'T do in Moshi anymore is

One of the things you CAN'T do in Moshi anymore is hang out at the old railway station, watching and drinking Kilimanjaro at the same time. Why not? Because it's been totally renovated and the train is once again running between Arusha and Dar Es Salaam. You have to do it for the adventure as it takes 19 hours to get from Moshi to Dar Es Salaam when you only need 10-ish hours on the bus but well, what else are we all doing it for?
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Which option would you pick? The bus or the train?
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Picture: throwback to the days when the rails were still overgrown with grass and you could even go for a walk over them. We'd sit on the platform on Friday evenings after work to relax from the week and share stories with whichever new friends we'd made.
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My ABC of the best things to do in and around Mosh

My ABC of the best things to do in and around Moshi...
[K] Kilimanjaro! Take your pick as basically everything in Moshi is called Kilimanjaro: water, beer, supermarkets, hotels, hospitals, pharmacies… You name it, there probably is a Kilimanjaro version of it. The slogan of #Kilimanjaro beer is ‘if you can’t climb it, drink it’ but I’d definitely say ‘if you CAN climb it, then climb it’.
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And on this labor day, I want to take the opportunity to talk about the treatment of the porters of Kilimanjaro, as often it is anything but acceptable. First of all, if you want to climb Kilimanjaro, it's obligated to do so with guides and porters, you can't climb it independently and you can't carry your own stuff. So there's porters that carry all your belongings (except for your day pack) as well as tents, food, gear and of course their own belongings. They carry their own stuff on their back and everything else on their head.
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There's a porters association that gives guidelines about the treatment and salaries of porters. Without going into details, a porter should make 10 USD per day in fixed salary and 6 USD per day in tips. There should be a minimum of 3 porters per climber on camping routes but for small groups it's often more as they shouldn't carry more than 20 kg on their head. They should also get 3 meals a day and a decent place to sleep.
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The estimated average salary (by the porters association) is 70% of those 10 USD and I know tour operators that pay as little as 5 USD. Some provide 1 meal per day and find tricks to not respect the weight limit of 20 kg. And by doing so of course they don't follow the guideline about min. 3 porters per climber either.
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I'm working on pricing for my tour business as we speak as a lot of things have changed over the past 2 years and I will be publishing a lot of articles about Kilimanjaro, including details about prices, asap. But until then, if somebody offers you a Kilimanjaro climb for 1000 or in most cases even 1500 USD per person, RUN! They're either not paying their taxes, their permits (yes there's tricks for that and they're not even difficult) or their people. Or all 3.
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My ABC of the best things to do in and around Mosh

My ABC of the best things to do in and around Moshi...⁠
[C] Take a coffee tour. Kilimanjaro region has its own coffee and coffee tours are a fun way to learn more about it. I personally prefer Materuni or Shimbwe but Marangu is also a good option. ⁠
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Pictures: me making my own coffee in Marangu.⁠
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The rest of the alphabet now on the blog. Link in stories / blog highlight.
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Happy 3 years (+ 1 day, oops) of striking the best

Happy 3 years (+ 1 day, oops) of striking the best poses in Tanzania @katriendonne 🎉 Yep, my sister lives here too 👭 She followed me after several visits because she was obviously missing me too much. I mean, why else? 🤪
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FYI, no we're not twins, even if you keep repeating that's a lie 😂 #truestory #happensALLthetime We were born 17 months apart and I'm the wisest of the 2 🤓
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