Off the road to Dodoma, down a dirt path in a coffee plantation lies Shanga. It's one of Arusha's highlights - part social enterprise, with workshop space for disabled artists and an onsite shop for their work, part gourmet restaurant (unsurprisingly, French-owned), and part outdoor, riverside lounge.
Though fairly close to town, it is a total escape from the pervasive plastic-incineration fires, black vehicle exhaust, and traffic noise up the road. While we did come to Africa to be in Africa, it was a nice respite for an afternoon away last weekend.
Photos: Nick on the coffee plantation; Glass art / entrance to Shanga; glass furnaces (no glassblowing, yet); working with William to design a necklace from my Zanzibar shells; the lawn lounge; Karibu passionfruit mimosas; finished product!
pretty pretty
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