Kilifi-Mombasa-Tanga-Dar es Salaam

I left Kilifi at 5am and caught a mombasa bound matatu at exactly quarter past five. Travelling by road from Kilifi to Mombasa relatively takes an hour and costs ksh.130. As expected the matatu oversped and overloaded and luckily it arrived in Mombasa at 6am in good time for me to book a ticket with Tawakal bus on Mwembe Tayari road. Tawakal departs for Dar es Salaam everyday of the week at 7am. I have used it three times on this route and in all those three times it has departed on time. It was smooth sailing at the likoni ferry and the bus arrived at the Lunga Lunga border point at 9am. Being a monday and midmonth the queues at the immigration office were shorter and within no time, and after walking a distance of 300metres we were at Horro Horro border point for clearence to enter Tanzania. Most passengers were caught unawares of the new immigration requirements which require visitors into Tanzania(Kenyans included) to have a yellow fever and small pox vaccination certificates. These two vaccines were being administered at the border point at a cost of kshs.1200,a high price to pay for budget traveler. Being a librarian an a man naturally pre-disposed to informatin, i had prior knowledge to this changes. Another thing worth mentioning about Tanzanian immigration is that they are much more strictier despite their not-so-authoritative uniform and mannerisms. We stayed at the border for one hour partly due to the vaccine issue and also due to 6 Pakistani men dressed like muslim cleric whose papers were counter checked like three times. The road from Horro Horro to Tanga is still in the Work-in-progress status but it wont stay like this for long and future users of this road will have delightful driving. I arrived in Tanga exactly at noon and since i was using pwani Tawakal the bus stopped at their offices where the conductor announced that passengers were allowed 15mins lunch break at an eatery situated in the office premises. There is no much variety as far as food is concerned at this eatery and the menu comprises of the usual suspect(swahili dishes) that is pilau,biriani,mshikakis. They also got sima(ugali) beef/fish and chips chicken. Every meal costs the same, that is, 4000 tshs.The food quality is not great, but still good and i have never had problems after consuming it. The bus left Tanga at half past noon and arrived in Dar es Salaam at 6PM. I checked -in at Akubu paradise resort located on Msimbazi/magila street. Hotel Rates for a single room are Tshs. 27000 for local guests and USD 27 for foreigners. Yes, you guessed right, i paid tshs. 27000.Dar was quite quiet for  a weekday and after looking at the tourist guide, nothing was in offer as far as night life is concerned. I took dinner and went to sleep anticipating the 3day train journey to Kapiri Mposhi - Zambia.