A Dar es Salaam Tranquil Beach

Photo courtesy: Guojung Yang — Wikimedia Commons

Oyster Bay wasn’t the only pristine beach close to Dar. There were tourist hotels scattered intermittently along the northern coastline.

Oyster Bay – no oysters, only soft sand

Photo courtesy: mwanasimba, Wikamedia.org

Oyster Bay was a short drive from downtown Dar es Salaam where Indian Ocean winds washed over the sandy beach.

I used to mooch into the Oyster Bay Hotel poised across the road. Waiting to dock in the harbour were tankers anchored off shore, lit up like distant, silent cities.