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July 7th is a labour day style holiday in Tanzania. This year it fell
on a Sunday but the whole week before there was an exhibition in Dar
es Salaam. We took the Friday afternoon off to attend.
We
were advised for the day to wear casual and comfortable clothes for
walking around in. We often aren't sure what the dress-code is for
events. Most of the locals appeared a bit more dressed up than we
did but it was very hot and we did a lot of walking around.
Just inside the entrance, Spiderman decided to make an appearance. He was pamphletting for something (how far the mighty have fallen). I have to say that I wouldn't want to wear that costume all day in the heat and humidity!
And behind Spiderman was an Eiffel tower. There were a lot of cross-cultural references happening in this space. Can't really explain this but I love it.
Here is Evah, one of the two co-workers who took us to the exhibition. She has helped us navigate setting up our house so it was nice to be able to go out and just do something fun with her.
One of the main attractions we were promised was animals, so first on the to-do list was a visit to the animal enclosure. It was mid-day and most of the animals were hiding in the shade but we saw few of them (however the cages make for poor photos so I won't post them all).
Here
is everyone looking a little hot and sweaty but not too worse for
wear. We are standing in front of a display grass hut. There was also a weird wood-covered Land Cruiser which did not seem to exactly fit with the rest of the "traditional" Africa display.
After animal viewing there was shopping. The two local girls were intent on buying kitchenwares but we wanted to look at local crafts. I may have bought a few gifts for people....
After
all the wandering and shopping we had done we needed to recover. Nothing like some soda
and chips to refresh us before our bus ride home!
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