Bye Bye Zanzibar (and Tanzania)

MEMORABLOG: 18.12. 1998

So, one month has passed. And a maiden trip overseas in almost over. Bought many souvernirs. I bought a wooden elephant, Adi bought a huge lion. Last evening we tried lobster in our familiar open-market restaurant.

Coming back to Dar was a bit of shock... after peace of Zanzibar we came to hustle and bustle of Dar. Our bargaing tactics improved and were excellent and soon we got a taxi to airport. Actually, we came to the airport some 4 hours before the flight. But that didn't puzzle us. We had some food on us, and therefore it was time for a picnic just outside the airport... not that was the best looking place to have picnic, but it was certainly the most convenient :) we even bought some fresh fruit for the trip...

As I can remember from the airport, are x-ray controls and uncomfy chair in the waiting lounge :) Flight back was also uneventful, though I really missed "european" food... not, that BA has such good food, just i missed some junk food... :) When we arrived to London it was early morning, and our flight was in the evening. Lets go again to the city centre... This time we had a breakfast with us. And we made ourselves another picnic... in Victoria Coach station... not because it was nice, but because it was handy :) We opened coconuts (usually smashing them to the curve) and cut pineapples... Later we went around the city, but december in London was cold. And coming from +35C to 10C was a shock... Lunch was in all-you-can-eat Pizza hut... not extremly tasty, but it was unlimited. I other guest around were just wondering who are these two maniacs that are stuffing themselves with pizzas... Probably Pizza Hut didn't make too much of profit out of us...

Later in the evening we had a flight back. Problem one. We sat in the plane for 1 hour, when we were informed that we have to change planes, as this one is having technical difficulties. So, we set off London some two hours later. Originally we were due to arrive to Ljubljana around 11 pm. But of course we didn't, and my uncle that was waiting for us went home. Problem two. We couldn't land in Ljubljana due to fog. So we landed in Trieste, some 120km away... and we finally arrived to Ljubljana city centre, at 3:30am... Problem three. It was -15C. It was coooold. And what to do when waiting for a train back home. No problem, we went to 24hours fast food joint (burek) and stuffed our veins with more greasy food... nice... felt really being back home :)))

Until next time... :))