Find a Bus First!

Our journey began by riding the bus from Moshi. The common saying around here among foreigners is, "If you can survive the bus system here, you can survive anywhere." Funny, but kinda true. FIRST, when they tell you the price, you need to haggle. Because I am a Mzungu (a foreigner) in their eyes, locals would attempt to sale anything much higher to me. But! What they don't know is that I grew up in Asia. I know how to be cheap when I have to. Soon, I learned to bargain and get better deals as if I'm shopping in Chinatown in Malaysia.

    Second, you will try to find a comfortable seat in the bus, but no use. The bus driver and the person in charge of the business will go ahead and fit as many passengers as possible to maximize profit. Thus, I was crammed in the back between the wall and a big Tanzanian man. A very uncomfortable ride for 2 hours, but hey I'm tough. The bus is very unique as you can tell.

If you have not figured out yet, the bus that took us from Moshi to Arusha was actually an old, used Japanese bus. Yes, I saw many of these in Tanzania. So surprised but pretty awesome. How did this happen?