The buses of Dar es Salaam, called dala dalas, come in all colours. They pick up passengers whereever and let them out at wish. The conductors, called conda, call out the stations about to be reached. Actually, it is a bit like travelling on underground: to get to our hostel from city centre, for example, we must take the red Mwenge line to Morroco Road junction and then switch to violet Kawe line to Old Bagamoyo Road. Sounds nice, right?
It doesn't change the fact that the traffic jam in Dar never ends and that travelling by dala dala is a nerve-wracking experience that costs hours of time! So in the meantime we have become fans of the smaller and much faster three-wheelers: the bajajis will practically fly past the queues of cars by driving on the side of the road! Size is not always an advantage :)
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