Hadithi yangu Tanzania : Beautiful People at the Kaole Ruins in Bagamoyo

I am finding hard to believe that despite living only an hour drive away from Bagamoyo, I was only able to return to this historical town after over 5 weeks. Even worse is that I hadn’t seen Hannah and family during all that time!! The holy adventure was the cause to some extent, but crazy and frustrating weeks at work have made time go by very quickly in Dar es Salam. This is the reason why it’s been hard to keep up with blogging and I am now bombarding you with my posts! My sincere apologies, I just hope you have at least enjoyed the pictures I have posted today J.

I realized that I haven’t talked much about work on this blog either (yes, I am working here, and a lot!!). As it happens to be, a myriad of events related to the "The Typical Ethical Clearance Story", as my advisor said to me few weeks ago, has indefinitely and continuously delayed progress in my research assignment and on the other hand has had me writing research proposals, letters, emails and doing other sort of bureaucratic endeavors – Agh, less pleasant side of Tanzania.

Anyway, after working almost all Saturday long, Adaeze and I hit Bagamoyo exactly 9 days ago in search of some inspiration for writing papers and research proposals. Since Hannah had to work too, the three of us spent our Sunday morning working at the beach.

After lunch, we headed for the Kaole ruins to see the remaining of mosques and graves that once witnessed flourish one of the most important trading ports of the east central coast of Africa. A family’s friend said to me that day that if I could stand in downtown Bagomoyo and traveled 300 hundred years back in time, I would be in front of the most modern town of East Africa. A fascinating observation considering the views.