The long road to Dar

Last of the driving days for some days. Not really much to say about today. Got up at 4 in the morning to pack the camp and after a nice serving of hot porridge we headed out into darkness. Dawn hadn't really broken so it was pitch black. Did i forget to mention that is was a clear sky and we therefore experienced 11 degrees in the tent. Don't know the temperature in the sleeping bag but it didn't really feel that comfortable.
As the light began dimmer we could see beatiful mountains and less beautiful roads. More notably we could also start to see that we we're no longer in Malawi. Tanzania was a different country with towns with real buildings and some steps from Malawi - but still very Africa like.
The rest of the day was more or less endless driving, the climate changing from the dry, fresh air of the hills at the camp site to the humid, sticky, hot climate of the ocean. Finally reaching the city of Dar es Salaam at 4 in the afternoon only to be completely stuck in a two lane grid lock of what in Europe would be charactarised as rush hour traffic but here in Africa just boils down to traffic.  After being stuck in traffic for about an hour we made it to the port where a small ferry took us to the other side of the canal - we waited some time for the truck and was at the gate of the camp site at about 6:30 in the evening. Total distance travelled since 4 pm was about 10 kms. Walking would have been just as quick. Camp site also gave an impression of what Dar is. Sign on the gate, and on all the insides of the toilet doors clearly and exact stated: "Inside camp = safe; Outside camp not safe; This is not at joke, please respect it!!!!"
So we stayed in the camp and enjoyed a swim in the salt water pool before heading for dinner and a nice evening in the bar.
We've now been on the road for a full month. And it has been great so far. Lot's of great new experiences, many exciting places in Africa, some good people to hang out with.