Dar Es Salaam is the largest and richest city in Tanzania with a population of about 4.5 million.  Although it is highly muslim the women are not as covered as in Zanzibar.  We were scheduled to take a five hour afternoon tour but after hearing unfavorable reports from the morning tours we decide to cancel our tour and just take the shuttle bus to town.  It was about a 30 minute drive to the "shopping mall", some of it through the nicer areas where the foreign consulates were located.  Many of the buildings were very nice with ocean views although even the more modest homes had razor wire and or electic security fencing.  The "mall' turned out to be a few nicer shops including a pharmacy, a jewelry store, several clothings shops and some restaurants.  There was another separate area that had tiny open air shops that were jammed with local crafts and souvenirs, mostly the same junk we had seen in the last three ports.  These shops were very small, about the size of a closet and it was very hot so it was very uncomfortable to even look in the doors.  The ride back to the ship took a little longer as our driver stopped twice (for some unknown reason) and got off the bus and went into a small store, he came back with nothing and got back in and drove on with no explanation.  Traffic here is a free for all, with passing into oncoming traffic, lots of horn honking and apparently stop signs are only a suggestion.  It was good to get back to the ship safely!

The nicer shops in the "mall"

The tiny craft shops

Double tree hotel on the beach next to the mall

American consulate

The British consulate

The Russian consulate had the most security

We have seen KFC all over Africa