Moshi was our home base in Tanzania. We stayed here before Kili, after Kili, before safari and after safari. It's a small town which was good and bad. On one end it was not tourist heavy at all which gave it an authentic vibe. On the other end, you could expect to be swarmed by people trying to sell you things and harrass you when you stepped outside.
We stayed here for 3 nights and it was good enough. Showers had only a limited amount of hot water but it was clean. One extra plug: two of us left things in our hotel rooms on accident and 5 days later when we came back they had put them aside in lost and found. I thought forsure they'd be stolen but this place was honest.
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Ugali, Trupa and BBQ made up the main stay of Tanzanian food we tried.
Ugali is crazy becaused it's just a solid block of maize meal that tastes like air. You spice it up with some sauce and it's worth a try. The
BBQ is boiled meat that is then grilled. We attempted to order this at a restaurant and they deep fried our meat instead.....so try to make your order clear if you want to try this style of cooking.
Trupa was awesome! This banana dish was my favorite Tanzanian food. Savory cooking bananas with gravy, veggies, potatoes and meat. Very savory and thick.
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Arusha is further from Kili than Moshi but bigger and much more set up for tourism.
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Moshi is a small town in rural Tanzania (a rural continent to be honest) so travelers aren't as common as other cities. Tanzania is the most tourist friendly country in Africa but still Moshi is pretty authentic.
This did not work to my advantage. As a tall white guy in the middle of the city, I was usually swarmed like I was covered in honey in a bee hive. The classic line used on me was, "My friend I am an artist. Come check out my work and help support me." By art gallery they meant trinket store of course. Less common conversation starters were a kid putting on a desperate look (or maybe they genuinely just wore that expression) and pointing to their mouths with his other hand out to collect donation.
It was a little weird to have this as my primary social interaction to local people but I didn't see a simple solution. Since this was my first taste of Africa I was worried it would be impossible to actually get to know any African people. Luckily once we moved on past the tourist attractions things changed markedly.
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