Karibu Tanizania!

Upon arrival in Tanzania we were picked up by a very soft spoken, gentle man holding a sign with our names neatly printed in marker.   We were overjoyed to finally make it to Tanzania, but also excited that we weren't going to have to navigate Dar in the middle of the night with all of our luggage.  We had been waiting for this moment for a long time. 

Immediately after stepping out of the airport, we saw a large mob of people chasing a Land Rover down.  They eventually caught up with it as I wheeled my bag up to the car.   We asked our driver what was happening and he said in a very casual voice "He has stolen a car, maybe they will kill him."   Surely he must be making some kind of joke lost in translation right?

Turns out, thievery is not taken lightly in Tanzania.  I hope that is not the way that it ended in this story.  Fortunately, were were not around long enough to find out.

The helpful museum guide pointing out the murder of a thief in a mural at the Chief Mkwara museum