EXPLORE BRIEFS Out and about
Everything was black outside the window, except for a small patch of lights flickering in the distance. Leaning into my lap, although it wasn’t necessary considering the size of the plane, a fellow traveller whispered in my ear: ‘You should see this view in daylight.’
And then we touched down at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport The apron was hauntingly vacant. I could have been anywhere, but the thick humidity that body slammed me when I stepped on to the tarmac was a good sign that I was in the right place.
Before coconuts and sarongs came a clinical (recently revamped) airport, passport control and strict PCR checks for the unvaccinated - I just missed the
