On Sunday, Cristiano, Eveline - our neighbour - and I headed out for a day at the beach. Getting to the beach can be a little bit of a procedure. Being a port city, Dar has a number of its own beaches. However, it is not recommended that you visit these beaches for safety and health reasons, as people occasionally get robbed or worse on these beaches and there is all sorts of fun stuff that washes down from the city into the sea. Coco beach, which is on the Msasani Peninsula, is the exception to the rule, as it fills up with people on a Sunday afternoon who try their luck at the various games set out on the beach and enjoy a drink or some seafood at the local, beachside restuarant. However, Coco Beach is not that forward thinking and it would be inappropriate to wear a bikini and sunbathe on Coco Beach. The end result of my long explanation is that we have to travel a little further afield for the tropical paradise beach with beautifully clear, warm water. In our case, we travelled to Kipepeo Beach.
A trip to Kipepeo Beach from the Msasani Peninsula involves a walk, three dalladallas and a short ferry ride. Of course, the trip can be abbreviated by taking a taxi. It was incredibly relaxing to spend the day on the beach, reading a good book and swimming in the sea. The sea is delightfully warm, which is in sharp contrast to swimming in Cape Town (or Vancouver for that matter) where it requires bravery and a bit of foolhardiness to enter the water on anything but the hottest days. And then there was the camel.
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