Last day in Dar

We finished our induction at VSO HQ office and had a free day today. Rupert chose to stay in Dar to buy a map, visit the museum and to pay a visit to the Aga Khan Hospital Primary Care Dept. to introduce himself to Prof. Azim's secretary with whom he had previously spoken. I will be missing Prof Azim by 4 days; he will have left by the time we return. R. also popped into the High Court, and although there were many photos of past judges, sadly that of Penny Tanner's grandfather (Judge Lloyd Blood! "The Little Judge") was not among them. (But it was all a bit chaotic....photos were from about 1947)
Annie decided to go to the beach. I joined a few of the others in our group, and we walked to the ferry port, took a short ferry ride on a ferry that is probably as old as I am, and a Daladala ride (overcrowded, minibus affairs that are communal taxis here) down the road. A short walk and we were on the most heavenly white sandy beach, soon swimming in the warm waves of the Indian Ocean, followed by a cool Tusker beer. (What else??) Then lunch. A great way to de stress after a busy week. (I am pretty sure this is the beach where my parents stayed in a beach house for a week for their honeymoon in 1945 and where we occasionally went as children with them. We have a painting of this beach at home).
Tomorrow we say goodbye to our cheerful Kenyan friends with whom we feel we have cemented a firm friendship and head off to Morogoro for Language Training in Kiswahili.