Arusha 鈥� The Geneva of Africa, Arusha, Tanzania
Arusha is where you must go to cool your heels, I was told in a hotel in Moshi, Tanzania. You might be surprised at what you find.
At the end of a hour-long journey on a daladala, I was indeed surprised. Located exactly halfway between Cairo and Cape Town, Arusha, a frontier city, represents the British Empire marked by a gigantic clock tower. Arusha was the A-Town with an energy hard to ignore. But as I soaked in the city鈥檚 flavour at聽Africafe,聽the waiter handed me two pieces of information with my coffee 鈥� about a tailor from Goa who put this former German military garrison on the world map and second, of Mr Khan and his chicken-on-the-bonnet.
While Arusha is not a place most people know of or will ever go except for the safari, Arusha, I soon discovered, was a place of excitement and opportunity.
A-Town is a 鈥榥ickname鈥� given by the locals which shortens Arusha to A. The official name remains Arusha and comes from the waAarusha ethnic people who lived in the region of northern Tanzania. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
At the end of a hour-long journey on a daladala, I was indeed surprised. Located exactly halfway between Cairo and Cape Town, Arusha, a frontier city, represents the British Empire marked by a gigantic clock tower. Arusha was the A-Town with an energy hard to ignore. But as I soaked in the city鈥檚 flavour at聽Africafe,聽the waiter handed me two pieces of information with my coffee 鈥� about a tailor from Goa who put this former German military garrison on the world map and second, of Mr Khan and his chicken-on-the-bonnet.
While Arusha is not a place most people know of or will ever go except for the safari, Arusha, I soon discovered, was a place of excitement and opportunity.
A-Town is a 鈥榥ickname鈥� given by the locals which shortens Arusha to A. The official name remains Arusha and comes from the waAarusha ethnic people who lived in the region of northern Tanzania. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Arusha 鈥� The Geneva of Africa
Guide Location: Tanzania » Arusha
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Anjaly Thomas
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Guide Location: Tanzania » Arusha
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Anjaly Thomas
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Africafe
- Clock Tower
- The New Arusha Hotel
- the German Bomas
- Khan鈥檚 BBQ
- Blue Plaza
- Arusha鈥檚 central market
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