Wednesday, September 19, 2007

In Search Of Character: An East African Narrative

Juma, Farida and Salim at the Garden Bistro

Waheeda and Farida at the Garden Bistro.

Left 2 Right: Eric, Minu, Vito, and Mariane at the BBQ.


Jules and Mr. Dossa, Da Man!

Minu, Eric and Salim

Jules, Rafik and Juma at the farewell BBQ at Salim's house

Salim and Rafik at the BBQ. Smoke from the BBQ lingers around


Jules, Rafik and Chong at the BBQ, a bit sloshed.

Jules and Salim (bro) at the Sweet Easy


Salim, Rafik, and Chong, happy and content at the BBQ


The honorable Mzee Jhaveri and Mama Jhaveri

Honorable Mzee Jhaveri and myself

Honorable Mama Jhaveri and myself

The Libya Stree Post offce behind Jamhuri Street

Common sight in Dar. The new dwarfing the old painted with disgusting Vodacom colors.


Askar Monument with New Africa Hotel in the background.

National Bank of Commerce and New Africa Hotel in the background along Harbor
Front or Kivukoni.

Monument along the Harbor Front.

DJ Dixie at the dials!
Seren and Faiza at Slipway just before heading for Zanzibar

Indira Gandhi Street in Dar

A-Tea Shop on Jamhuri Street. The best place in the world for Kebabs and hot Chai!

Seren at Slipway wondering should Jules really drive after a few drinks... :)


Dar beauties at our party: Veronica, Mary, Waheeda, Seren and Faiza

Toure Drive along Oyster Bay.
Alnasir Kasamali and myself at party hosted by us

Dixie and Chong mucking around the sound system...hmm.. :)

Myself, Salim (my bro) and Juma (old buddy)

Dar beauties at our party. Mary, Waheeda and Faiza. Seren hiding behind.


The Dar es Salaam Railway Station. A resplendent daladala in the foreground.
Construction, a common sight now in downtown Dar, just around Clock Tower roundabout.

My brother Salim.

Toure Drive. The Oyster Bay in the backgroujnd.

One of the old buildings on Uhuru Street in Kariakoo

The ugly facade of Vodacom building billboard! on Msimbazi Street in Kariakoo. These commercially painted building are ubiquitous in Dar es Salaam.

My grandparents old building, built in 1959, on Tandamti Street, across from the Great Sokoni in Kariakoo.

Tandamti Street in Kariakoo.
Mata Salmat Mansion on Somora Avenue

The Naaz Mansion just above the famous old Naaz resturant on Jamhuri Street

The old Naaz Resturant is now a Chinese Restaurant.

Clock Tower at the beginning of Nkrumah Road

The Home Butchery, the oldest surviving butchery in Tanzania.

The Uhuru Torch in Mnazi Moja.
The Ismaili Darkhana on Mosque Street in downtown Dar es Salaam

Entrance to the Darkhana

Mkwepe Street. Mermaids and and Fish & Chips and Rex hotel use to be on this street

The decrepit and discolored Diamond Jubilee Trust

Arriving and waiting for the visa at the Julius Nyerere International Airport


The new airport.


Salim's house in Msasani peninsula


Writer's den in the backyard... :-)


Flamingo Hotel in downtown Dar es Salaam. The setting for story Middlemen in Oyster and Other Short Stories.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Jules

So far your Journal is written superbly. Readers, like myself, feel like we are travelling with you in your search. I hope you will continue to write on this Journal till the end of your East African trip so that some of us who haven't gone back to our homeland can get a view of "home" via your eyes.

Anonymous said...

Excellent work - keep it up.....S

mon cherie said...

Excellent - keep it up....m'cherie

Anonymous said...

I make sure that I open your journal everyday. Love reading it.
Thanks

Unknown said...

Jules, its amazing to read your journal - definitely feels like we are travelling with you. Enjoy your trip and come back soon.
take care and love you
Tashu

Anonymous said...

Sorry to hear about your infected computer - keep taking those notes - looking forward to read about the rest of your journey........S

Anonymous said...

Hey Jules

Me again! Have been reading your journal everyday from day one and travelling with you so to speak till there was a long silence. Glad to read that it is only your laptop that has the malicious virus and not you:-) and glad to hear you will be back soon. Would love see the pictures of Good Old Dar!

Gigi said...

I like your blog! I was also in Tanzania last year. I had a good time and I hope to return very soon. Africa is beautiful. And indeed your story is great. However, I from Somalia

Faiza

Kalpesh Maniar said...

hi read your blog its really fascinating the way you present it. I am from India and its a dream to visit Dar. Do keep in touch it may be a beginning of a beautiful friendship.