Mediterraneo Conference facility

Editor — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:21:51 +0000

Dear customer if you would like to know more about our conference facility, please contact us .

You can mail our reception using the contact form in our web site.

We Know A Great Place To Eat…

Editor — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:27:39 +0000

And if you ask us really, really nicely, we’ll tell you…

Tanzanian Culture 101: Tinga Tinga

Editor — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:40:10 +0000

What happens when you mix bicycle paint with masonite? In Tanzania, a beautiful art form. It’s called Tinga Tinga, and you can buy these stunning paintings in several locations around Dar es Salaam.

Find out more about Tinga Tinga paintings on Wikipedia, or just come to Dar es Salaam and buy a couple to hang in your house.

Tinga Tinga Painting by Boblee

Swahili Time… Things we love about Tanzania: Part 2

Editor — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:38:39 +0000

Swahili Time. It’s not a gentle way of saying that Tanzanians are known for being a little less… ermm… punctual than perhaps Northern Europeans may be used to.

It’s an actual real thing. You see, Swahili speakers count time differently than most people. In Swahili Time, 1 o’clock in the morning is the first hour after sunrise (what everyone else calls 7:00 a.m.), and 1 o’clock at night is the first hour after sunset (what the rest of the world calls 7:00 p.m.).

Why? Because most Swahili speakers live close to the equator, and on the equator the sun rises and sets at the same time every day of the year. Unlike countries far from the equator, where sunrise in June might occur at 4:30 a.m and sunrise in December might be at 8:30 a.m., the sunrise in the Swahili speaking world is so consistent that you can set your watch by it… so people do.

So, when it’s 11 o’clock, here, people say it’s 5.

This makes things pretty interesting. As described in Townie Tuesday’s blog, a normal exchange between a Swahili speaker and a not very good Swahili speaker could take a very very long time…

Luckily, the good folks over at the Kamusi Project have created the first ever Swahili clock, to avoid confusion when it comes to figuring out the time here. We like them, and what they do, so if you have a bit of spare money, support them by buying one of their Swahili clocks.

And obviously, come to Tanzania and experience this fascinating place for yourself. Stay with us at the Med, and let us tell you what we know about Tanzania. Quite a lot, actually…

Tanzanian Music 101: Mzungu Kichaa

Editor — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:53:36 +0000

He is a Danish-born, Tanzanian-grown pioneer of the local music scene. He speaks fluent Swahili, and tours Europe every so often. But more importantly, you can catch him playing at Runway Lounge Bar in Dar es Salaam, not too far from Mediterraneo, conveniently enough.

The general opinion of the music press type people is that he’s very good indeed, and if you want to impress your friends with your knowledge of world music, you can’t do much better than a Scandinavian, Swahili-speaking, Dar-es-Salaam-dwelling, African pop star, now can you?

Catch Mzungu Kichaa at Catch the Beat at Runway. Or just check out the video. Filmed in Kariakoo, in the centre of Dar-es-Salaam, it shows a little bit about life here. Come and experience it for yourselves. We know the perfect place to stay…

Trees make good food… Things we love about Tanzania: Part 1

Editor — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:49:48 +0000

Photo credit – Noel Feans

Standing tall on the sunburnt African plains, baobab trees tower over the Tanzanian landscape like great living monuments. Old Arabic legend says that the Baobab tree was uprooted in anger by the devil, which is why it looks like it grows upside down. Old East African legend says that each animal was given a tree to plant by God, and the silly hyena, not paying attention, planted his the wrong way up, creating the Baobab.

Some of the Baobab trees we have here are up to 5,000 years old. And not only are they interesting to look at, they provide shelter, shade… and sweets?

Ubuyu. It’s sweet, sour, and actually good for you. Made of dried baobab fruit pulp, coated in red food colouring and sugar, this stuff is even technically healthy, providing all of an adult’s RDA of vitamin C in one serving. You can buy it in red dusty bags at streetside dukas. We just love this bitter, sour, sweet, lemony, berry-tasting fruit, because it’s from a baobab tree. And that’s just one of the cool things about a trip to Tanzania. You can eat baobab sweets. Every day if you want. Come to Tanzania and find out for yourself.

To reserve a room at Mediterraneo Hotel, contact +255 754 812 567 or write to info@mediterraneotanzania.com

Fire in the Bar!

Editor — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:53:40 +0000

What’s mesmerising, fiery, just a little bit scary, and happening behind the bar at Mediterraneo’s 3rd Saturday of the Month Party?

That’ll be our party barman, Mikey…

Big shout out to Alex for providing the video…

What do you do on Saturdays?

Editor — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:11:02 +0000

Well, if you’re anything like us, and if it’s the 3rd Saturday of the Month, you come to Mediterraneo and enjoy our famous 3rd Saturday of the Month party…We like to have dinner first at our beachside restaurant, perhaps some Fettuccine Mediterraneo, or maybe some grilled tiger prawns… then we’ll kick back and relax with our friends over a few drinks… Then, when the clock strikes 11, we party til morning with 700, yes, 700 of our very closest friends and our very own DJ Gerry.

Life at the Med… It just doesn’t get much better.

Check out this blog, our website, or give us a call on +255 754 812 567 to find out more…