Last full day in Tanzania!

Today we visited Bagamoyo. This city was one of the main slave trade ports. Our guide told us that is estimated that 4.5 million slaves passed through this port. We were able to visit the old buildings left by the Germans and many of the ruins where the slave market used to stand. We also visited an area where the Germans kept the slaves before auction. The slaves were kept in irons around their necks and chains that connected them together. Our guide was discussing the disagreements between the Arabs and the Germans...the only real losers epwere the Africans. The Arabs would cut off the hands of the Africans so that the Germans could not use them to carry boos...and yprhe Germans executed the slaves somthat the Arabs couldn't use them at all. It really is beyond my ability to comprehend...I just don't get how any human. Wing can treat another with such utter disrespect. He also shared stories of tribal chiefs that sold their own people to obtain goods. So sad..... While we were in the town we visited the local fish market. Yptons and tons of fish. The people working were preparing the fish for sale. They cook the sardines and then dry them before selling. There were millions of sardines...lots of snapper...tuna...cobia...eel.... Tomorrow we'll have a city tour before heading to the airport to star our journey home. It certainly has been an incredible experience!!!!! I am so fortunate to have been able to meet so many interesting people and to experience a way of life so foreign to my own! Talk to you from home!