Sunday, October 25, 2009

25/10/09 Dar Es Salaam, Internet City Cafe

It is so hot in Dar. I really enjoyed the cooler temperatures of the north. So much nicer than in the south it is sticky and humid. I decided to leave Lushoto two days ago. It was raining to much for me to stay, it is unfortunate but 'yote maisha' or 'that's life'.

Today is a day of visiting friends and biking for the last time in the city. I will be giving my bike away to one of the young friends I met here. I think he could use it well. Will also be picking up some more artwork that a local artist is drawing for me, will be nice to see him, been a while since our last visit.

I'm off to Zanzibar tomorrow it will be nice to settle down there and relax on the beaches and just enjoy the last few days i have in Tanzania. Might even find very fast internet and be able to upload the pictures. If not then I'm sure the amazing Cassie will be gracious enough to let me use her computer for ten hours and upload over 8GB of data that I have to share with you all. So excited to do that.

I got asked to leave Sonia's place the other day. Stayed at her place the first night when I got into Dar and then yesterday she asked if I could leave. It was not personal and I truly believe that since we went to lunch to gether and had a good cry while looking at photos also. She asked to have some space the last few days of her time in Tanzania and it made perfect sense for me to leave. I must say it took a lot of courage of her to express herself that way to me. Most people wouldn't have. Thumbs up Sonia!

Nicholas

5 comments:

Apple said...

Thanks for sharing your stories Nicolas. Looking forward to reading more along the way.

Safe travels!

oOoAprilooOo

Apple said...

My name shows up as Amarbir - my Kundalini Yoga spiritual name... its April from Victoria ;-)

Nicholas said...

Thanks for commenting April! Amarbir, cool name too. I need to figure something out for me, Keely and I will do Kundalini Dancing in the new year. Both looking forward it!!! Any suggestion of a name for me? Anyone?

Unknown said...

cool, april, you do kundalini yoga? i've done a bit of kundalini too. yoga type but also kundalini dance (combines ecstatic dance with kundalini yoga). haha one of my first experiences of showing nick my 'other side' was talking to him and showing him a utube video of kundalini dance. he was surprisingly open to it! so nick, you, me, kundalini awakening???

Apple said...

I definitely could use another one. I'm barely hanging on to my practice at this point! I haven't tried the Kundalini dancing yet! How exciting :-) In terms of getting your name, you can actually get it by emailing someone at the KRI institute. There's a form and your name is part of your destiny ... the stars give it you, but in Gurmukh :-)