Ras Kutan Resort- Tanzania
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
February 2016
After a week observing a district hospital and then a week
on safari, we were ready for a little bit of decadences. We booked five days at the Rus Kutan just 40 kilometers from Dar Es Salaam. The place sits right on the Indian Ocean and
caters to 20 people. There are luxurious hut, overlooking the ocean. All meals are included. Drinks are extra. The scenery is beautiful
and life is good. Here are just a few things that I enjoyed:
- · Snorkeling at an old ship wreck;
- · Blue ball monkeys roam around us;
- · $200 bar beer on the first day. We got that under control the next day;
- · Morning naps;
- · Afternoon naps;
- · Early evening naps;
- · Massages;
- v Day 1- head massage
- v Day 2- salt scrub
- v Day 3- foot massage
- v Day 4- full body massage
- · Bottle after bottle of Kilimanjaro beer;
- · Floating in the warm water of the pool;
- · Skinny dipping late at night with a sky full of stars;
- · Protecting our food from the monkeys and not always being successful;
- · Lingering at the dinner table until 10:30 PM, deep in conversation on how to save the world;
- · Sleeping with the door wide open so we can hear the ocean all night long;
- · Large, encumbering mosquito nets that were difficult to get in and out of our massive, luxurious bed;
- · Great food, too much food at every meal;
- · The lovely feeling of being cut off from the rest of the world, oblivious of the news, obligations and worries;
- · Days that blend in to each other with nothing to distinguish one day form the other;
- · Relaxing, bordering on lethargy;
- · Accommodations fit for a queen. It’s the type of place that is so nice I begin to panic and dread the thought of leaving the minute I step in to this bit of paradise.
