Inside the van at the Dar es Salaam port before departing to meet our overland truck, about two hours away, at a Dar es Salaam shopping center. (Oct. 18, 2024)

Views of Dar es Salaam from the port after exiting the ferry from Zanzibar before getting in our van for the 2-hour drive to meetup with our overland truck. (Oct. 18, 2024)

Our new Intrepid crew loading up the overland truck after grocery shopping at the supermarket inside the Mlimani City shopping mall in Dar es Salaam. Our new cook is Ibrahim, driver is Edwin and our tour leader is Laban who has been with us since our last night in Stone Town. And Laban’s assistant in training to be a lead guide, a young woman named Shi, pronounced like She. (Oct. 18, 2024)

The Mlimani City shopping mall in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is considered to be one of the largest malls in the country. It’s where we met up with overland truck and where we could stop in to get needed supplies or snacks before getting on the road for our 8-hour drive to the Tan-Swiss campsite by the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 18, 2024)

A lot of road construction taking place on the roads in Dar es Salaam to Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 18, 2024)

The dirt highway roads to be paved from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro while little, if any, work is done to provide paved walking areas since so many people walk. (Oct. 18, 2024)

Passing through the village of Kimara on the way to our Tan-Swiss campsite by the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 18, 2024)

More construction work being done on the road to Morogoro. It’s interesting because the government owns the land that the people settle on. So that later, if the government decides it wants to use that land then the people have to move, with some government assistance. (Oct. 18, 2024)

The Uguru mountains along the old Dar es Salaam road to the Tan-Swiss campground near the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 18, 2024)

The Uguru mountains along the old Dar es Salaam road to the Tan-Swiss campground near the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. (Oct. 18, 2024)

Arriving at the entrance of our campsite, Tan-Swiss, about a 20-minute ride to the Mikumi National Park, which we’ll visit tomorrow on a game drive. (Oct. 18, 2024)

Our tents up at the Tan-Swiss campsite by 6:40, before dinner at 8:00 pm. (Oct. 18, 2024)

Me fulfilling my duty roster assignment to help prep for dinner at our Tan-Swiss campsite near the Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania. I did not cut all that up in the bowl, but I did cut some carrots. (Oct. 18, 2024)

Stopping to fill up the gas tank of overland truck at a gas station. Gas station attendants are employed to pump your gas. (Oct. 19, 2024)

The stables turned into guest rooms with their own bathrooms at the Old Farm House in Kisolana for the night. I would have enjoyed staying longer but we leave at 5:00 am tomorrow to cross the border into Malawi. (Oct. 19, 2024)

My renovated stable room at the Old Farmhouse in Kisolana. (Oct. 19, 2024)

My own toilet and sink at my renovated stable room at the Old Farmhouse in Kisolana. (Oct. 19, 2024)

And the shower was hot at the Old Farmhouse in Iringa, more specifically the village of Kisolana. (Oct. 19, 2024)