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After our safari we had a segue day in Arusha, one of Tanzania's largest and most developed cities. Arusha is an important agricultural, diplomatic (the Rwanda war crimes tribunal is based here) and tourist centre. Julius Nyerere, president of Tanzania from independence in 1961 until his retirement in 1985, issued the influential Arusha Declaration here in 1967. He called for made in Tanzania socialism, rural development, self-reliance and fighting corruption. While Nyerere's economic program, considered rigid and naive, has been abandoned, Tanzania was spared the extremes of misery and violence suffered by her neighbours.

Nyerere's policy of free primary education gave Tanzania one of the highest school enrolment and literacy rates in Africa until the imposition of structural adjustment in the 1980s.  Enrolment and literacy declined as tuition became a financial burden. Shortly after our trip, the government reinstated free primary education, enabled by reductions in Tanzania's international debt load.

We browsed the bustling roadside market in nearby Tengeru. Note how they take corporate sponsorship a little further, using it to fund official road signs. The village name, the purpose of the sign, is dwarfed by the Pepsi™ logo. Privately run mini-buses, the main public transport, wait to take people home.

Selling Camel™ plastic shopping bags in the market. As in many places in the developing world, frivolous western branded consumer goods like cigarettes and soda pop are more prevalent than safe tap water. Less than 15 percent of Tanzanians have access to safe water.

This hospital and orphanage goes better with Coke™.

After being overseas for a week, we found the Impala Internet Cafe and checked our e-mail for the first time. Duv's notebook computer failed; we had to take it apart to fix it.

Spice and Athumani ponder Paul and Duv's idiosyncrasies.