Just spent an hour or so chatting with Nick, he is from London, 30 something and is running a mining project here. He's been in Tanzania, working near the Zambian border for where he mines for gold with another Englishman and employs local Tanzanians in Baya/ ( sp ? )
He's had an interesting time here - he was imprisoned for 2 weeks after him and his colleague were set up by a Tanzanian mine owner. The IPG and the British Consul were involved in securing their safe release. They were set up and faced charges of corruption, theft and a few other charges I can't recall. They were facing 20 years in prison and attended meetings with lawyers and gunmen. I could have listened to him for ages.. He's got some great stories. He's here in Dar for the entire month of August, he's on a break so will hopefully catch up with him at some point!
We swapped stories on our experiences of the Tanzania way , which is the lassez faire way.. very laid back, no sense of urgency and no sense of honesty when there is a problem/challenge..they do not like to share bad news, so tend to gloss over it ..
Nick's been to all of the local haunts here, some of which I dodin't even know existed so next time he's heading out he's going to invite me along!
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