Picture of German colonial buildings in ruins (Bagamoyo, Tanzania)

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Former capital of Tanzania, Bagamoyo now is an interesting coastal town with plenty of things to see and do. Improved road conditions make it a feasible day trip from Dar es Salaam.
Of course I had to haggle hard, but in the end, I managed to get a good price with the driver and we were on our way to the north from Dar es Salaam. After visiting the old ruins of Kaole, we went to Bagamoyo, parked the car, and I walked into the tourist office. A pleasant chat with the director who appeared to be a historian and author of an interesting booklet about the history of this town, put me on the right track and we started exploring the town on foot. Unfortunately, the British Overseas Management Administrative, or Boma, one of the prime colonial buildings of Bagamoyo, was under reconstruction and could not be visited, and I could only see the upper part of it. We continued to the German Fort, which has now turned into a museum. This is where the German garrison was based back in the time when Tanzania was a German colony, until 1916 when the British conquered the town. Although Bagamoyo had been a capital, its importance began to decline when the Germans moved the capital to Dar es Salaam, and decided to build a railway from the new capital to the interior.
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