Tanzania

[Member #4673]

Arrived at my seedy lodge. Room for 30 k including AC.

Neddy.

Neddy.

Let us know please if you collect some info about long stay Apartments, AirBnB in Dar asking super high price. (Not surprising).

[Funky Gallo]

The Airbus A321 lifts me up in the morning sky from my Covid prison in Europe. Ghoulish atmosphere at departure. Zombies in MNmasks. This is the last straw which breaks the camel's back. IMHO Europe is becoming inhabitable. To shag you have to fill out forms. Yuck. The check in with Turkish airlines went (almost) without a hitch. First the agent refused me boarding as the airport of destination asked for a "health declaration form" After 20 minutes or so I received my boarding cards. Lugagge checked through to Dar es Salaam. Raha! Turkish comes highly recommend. I got a total of 3 lunch bags. Due to the plandemic. At no stage I was asked for this useless Covid Test. Thermal scanner in Istanbul. On arrival in Dar only thermal scan. The "health declaration form" never materialized. Immigration fast and efficient. Paid 50 $ for 3 months VOA. The taxi tout 4 o'clock in the morning quoted 35 $? I showed him the Uber ride price to Sinza. 16.000 tzs. In the end I paid 30 k. Arrived at my seedy lodge. Room for 30 k including AC. The smaller rooms go for 20 k. Except for a big cucaracha the place is ok. Soon I head out for a preliminary pussy check. And a Serengeti baridi.

And no. Nobody wears MNprotection. LOL.

Neddy.

Kindly can you please tell me from which airport you have flown. I'm trying to escape from Europe too but I still don't know which countries allows European citizen to leave the EU zone for tourism.

[Neddy69]

The Airbus A321 lifts me up in the morning sky from my Covid prison in Europe. Ghoulish atmosphere at departure. Zombies in MNmasks. This is the last straw which breaks the camel's back. IMHO Europe is becoming inhabitable. To shag you have to fill out forms. Yuck. The check in with Turkish airlines went (almost) without a hitch. First the agent refused me boarding as the airport of destination asked for a "health declaration form" After 20 minutes or so I received my boarding cards. Lugagge checked through to Dar es Salaam. Raha! Turkish comes highly recommend. I got a total of 3 lunch bags. Due to the plandemic. At no stage I was asked for this useless Covid Test. Thermal scanner in Istanbul. On arrival in Dar only thermal scan. The "health declaration form" never materialized. Immigration fast and efficient. Paid 50 $ for 3 months VOA. The taxi tout 4 o'clock in the morning quoted 35 $? I showed him the Uber ride price to Sinza. 16.000 tzs. In the end I paid 30 k. Arrived at my seedy lodge. Room for 30 k including AC. The smaller rooms go for 20 k. Except for a big cucaracha the place is ok. Soon I head out for a preliminary pussy check. And a Serengeti baridi.

And no. Nobody wears MNprotection. LOL.

Neddy.

[Golds]

[QUOTE=Amadeuss;2476921]Where you got your infos from? I am with Neddy --your infos are WRONG!

On the health insurance topic: some travel insurance companies exclude payments (Allianz), but many others do not have an exclusion of Covid-caused treatments by travelling to a restrcited country. Except its war zone.

[Amadeuss]

Flights outside the EU are NOT permitted to do in case of tourism!

So you will be NOT insured by your home country! Good luck for all these who wanted to travel this way.

In case of sickness, accidents, patriation etc. You will need to pay everything by your own. A couple of hundreds dollars per night is not uncommon in an African hospital.

Where you got your infos from? I am with Neddy --your infos are WRONG!

On the health insurance topic: some travel insurance companies exclude payments (Allianz), but many others do not have an exclusion of Covid-caused treatments by travelling to a restrcited country. Except its war zone.

[Original Joh]

The medium of education in Uganda is English. All Ugandans who have completed basic school are fluent in English and are comfortable to converse in English. In Tanzania, schooling is in Swahili until very recently. Only those who have entered University are comfortable in the use of the English language. This is the reason, in my opinion, why Tanzanian women appear to be reserved when conversing in English. If you were a Swahili speaker you'd find it easier to chat with Tanzanian women.

This is true. Language could be one of the barriers.

[Cadmus]

If someone is trying to get actual info about flying to Tanzania:

I flew from Amsterdam to Dar es Salaam in July 2020. Direct flight.

In Dar there was a temperature test, that's all.

Flew back to Amsterdam in August 2020. Direct flight.

Nothing at EU end, no questions asked or tests.

In EU Tanzania is not considered high risk country because the official numbers are low.

So if you have the urge, just go already.

Some places in Dar and ZNZ are closed because of the lack of tourist, but there are no restrictions of any kind, and this applied to girls also.

[Neddy69]

The medium of education in Uganda is English. All Ugandans who have completed basic school are fluent in English and are comfortable to converse in English. In Tanzania, schooling is in Swahili until very recently. Only those who have entered University are comfortable in the use of the English language. This is the reason, in my opinion, why Tanzanian women appear to be reserved when conversing in English. If you were a Swahili speaker you'd find it easier to chat with Tanzanian women.

Spot on analysis. It pays to acquire basic Kiswahili for Tanzania. There's pussy in abundance. Kabisa.

Neddy.

[Neddy69]

Flights outside the EU are NOT permitted to do in case of tourism!

So you will be NOT insured by your home country! Good luck for all these who wanted to travel this way.

In case of sickness, accidents, patriation etc. You will need to pay everything by your own. A couple of hundreds dollars per night is not uncommon in an African hospital.

Your information is plainly wrong. There was a recommendation of the EU commission banning non essential travel outside the EU. That ban has been lifted long time ago, as travel is a basic right of any EU citizen. Nobody prevents you from leaving.

Then you have to look on a case by case basis where your insurer is located and if your home country has issued a travel warning for your country of destination. Check with your particular travel insurance.

As the cost of an hospital it's cheaper than you think with the exception of intensive care. Usually a hospitalization in the Aga Khan one of the best private hospitals in Kenya is affordable. Mate of mine paid for 9 days 700 usd. He was hospitalized for Dengue fever. That included all infusions etc.

Neddy.

[Golds]

I think you are mixing up the process of leaving your home country and then the procedure to get into the destination country as well if you have to undergo a compulsary Covid test on arrival back home.

From Europe you can fly to several countries worldwide. At check in you will get controlled if you fulfil the restriction at your final destination (Covid Cert etc). Do your research on the government sites. There are excellent informations available.

Flights outside the EU are NOT permitted to do in case of tourism!

So you will be NOT insured by your home country! Good luck for all these who wanted to travel this way.

In case of sickness, accidents, patriation etc. You will need to pay everything by your own. A couple of hundreds dollars per night is not uncommon in an African hospital.

[Amha]

I am still looking for an interesting city like Kampala to find nice regular girls and to spend one week with them. Certainly not now but when everything is back to normal.

Anyway now I like to understand better. I'm trying to talk to some nice girls in Dar es Salaam but I'm noticing not all are as interested to talk to me as the girls of Kampala.

In Kampala if I talk to 10 girls, all the girls like to meet me. In my opinion Dar es Salaam is different, but maybe I'm wrong because I don't have experience about Dar es Salaam girls.

My question: is Dar es Salaam culture more conservative than Kampala culture? Maybe this is the difference between the two cities?

Could you explain well?

The medium of education in Uganda is English. All Ugandans who have completed basic school are fluent in English and are comfortable to converse in English. In Tanzania, schooling is in Swahili until very recently. Only those who have entered University are comfortable in the use of the English language. This is the reason, in my opinion, why Tanzanian women appear to be reserved when conversing in English. If you were a Swahili speaker you'd find it easier to chat with Tanzanian women.

[JonesLover]

I am still looking for an interesting city like Kampala to find nice regular girls and to spend one week with them. Certainly not now but when everything is back to normal.

Anyway now I like to understand better. I'm trying to talk to some nice girls in Dar es Salaam but I'm noticing not all are as interested to talk to me as the girls of Kampala.

In Kampala if I talk to 10 girls, all the girls like to meet me. In my opinion Dar es Salaam is different, but maybe I'm wrong because I don't have experience about Dar es Salaam girls.

My question: is Dar es Salaam culture more conservative than Kampala culture? Maybe this is the difference between the two cities?

Could you explain well?

[Cadmus]

BW Coral Beach is in Masaki, not the BW Peninsula near the Q-Bar.

This is a very nice 4 star seaside resort type hotel. Clean, quiet and well kept.

Bit pricey normally. I got a ocean view suite with balcony for 140 usd, maybe a bit of corona times discount there.

Room very nice, everything works. Also quite nice sea view, you can hear waves crashing in. Only rooms that have decent views are on the upper floors of the Tanganyika wing (suites). Other rooms are cheaper but scattered around or at lower levels.

Breakfast good for local standards, eggs made to order with small buffet (sausages, pancakes etc). They delivered to room also.

Girl friendly. When asked reception said that guest should have ID, but I had 3 lady visitors and was not asked.

Location is not the best, it's on the north end of Msasani peninsula, and there is nothing much around there so you will be taking uber all the time. Uber is cheap and usually arrived within minutes so not a problem but FYI. Havoc is pretty near but you probably won't walk that at night.

Visited July 2020.

[Amadeuss]

Have you tried? In case you did can you kindly tell me which airport and which company did you use. I'm desperately trying a way to reach my favorite monger destination but what scares me is booking for a flight and then they won't allow me to board the plane because Tanzania is not on the list of the countries considered safe by the EU.

I think you are mixing up the process of leaving your home country and then the procedure to get into the destination country as well if you have to undergo a compulsary Covid test on arrival back home.

From Europe you can fly to several countries worldwide. At check in you will get controlled if you fulfil the restriction at your final destination (Covid Cert etc). Do your research on the government sites. There are excellent informations available.

[Funky Gallo]

Completely false information. You can go to at least 10 African countries with an EU passport. As for Tanzania no problem to go there as a tourist with a valid test.

Have you tried? In case you did can you kindly tell me which airport and which company did you use. I'm desperately trying a way to reach my favorite monger destination but what scares me is booking for a flight and then they won't allow me to board the plane because Tanzania is not on the list of the countries considered safe by the EU.