A Holiday by the Sea

At the beginning of June we took a train from New Kapiri Mposhi (north of Lusaka) to Dar es Salaam.  The train was 3 days and 2 nights each way, but it meant that we had a very relaxing week by the Indian Ocean.
Here are some of the pictures - not a great variety - we didn't carry the camera very much, too busy enjoying ourselves!

First the train:;

The cabin - four berth, all same sex so we couldn't share.

Sunrise - Zambia

Zambia

Zambia

The second morning on the train - Tanzania pretending to be mid Wales - that is bracken in the fore-ground.

Sunrise on the 2nd morning - Tanzania

Tanzania - misty mountains and the front of the train going over a bridge

Tanzania - mountains, waterfalls and farmland

Tanzania - mountains

Tanzania - rice fields

It was a very long train!

Tanzania has some big mountains

Dar es Salaam

 LOOOOOK!  THE SEA!

The Indian Ocean.  Warm and clear

We had a boat trip to the island you can see in the picture above.  Walked around the island, snorkelled over live coral, had lunch and sailed back. 





 

Sunrise

Big star with big starfish

The view from the bed

Tanker on the horizon, it kept us company all week

Another sunrise

 On the train again:

Tanzania - Baobab trees

That long train again, going through Tanzania