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Tanzania - August 16
Anyone going on the August 16 trip to Tanzania? I am a solo traveler leaving a day early thru Amsterdam to Arusha and arriving on the 15th.
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I spoke to Tauck last week and they said it was half full, about 12 people. Right here, we have 7, it looks like all on the same flight from Amsterdam to Arusha .
There was a bomb at a mosque in Zanzibar a couple of months ago and a bomb thrown into an Indian restaurant in Arusha in July while we were on tour, that caused over the top reporting and was probably a local conflict. The Duluti hotel is in the sticks not in Arusha, it did not worry us. As Tanzania is probably my favorite country to visit, it did not deter us, we feel we are more likely to die on the way to the airport right here or have some gunman shoot us down at our Mall and we told our children before we left that if anything happened to us we were in a place we loved and they would get a great inheritance!
I am obviously a US resident, but I was born in another country, and have lived extensively in very diverse countries because of my parent's and my husband's past work.
I was in Istanbul a year ago when everyone said I was crazy to go to that part of the world because of the border conflict with Syria. It was a fabulous trip, and peaceful, and friendly beyond expectations.
To say you stay away from schools in the US is just beyond rationale. Do you really think all American parents are irresponsible sending their kiddies off each morning with a hug and kiss? . Perhaps one needs to think more carefully about what one thrusts before perhaps, the unwitting, and also the extremely knowledgeable, in this forum.
When you went to Turkey, did you purposely go to the Syrian border … many thousands of miles from Istanbul? You say you enjoyed your visit to the city, but you didn't put yourself needlessly in harm's way, did you? And yes, the people are delightful. Did you not expect that they would be?
My point was that your reality is different to mine. And that you are possibly safer in Tanzania than in some parts of the world, including the US. When we travel, we always need to be mindful of our personal surroundings. No matter where in the world we travel. To be otherwise is foolhardy and inviting trouble. Being sensible doesn't mean ruining the travel experience. You just have to choose your destinations with reason and care.
Jan