Our homestay is in a small town called Mikindani. Mikindani is a sleepy village looking out onto the Indian Ocean at the bottom of Tanzania. About 10 kms away is a bigger town called Mtwara, and not far from Mtwara is the Mozambique border. From Dar es salam (the biggest city in Tanzania) it is a short flight or a half day bus ride to Mikindani. 
In the foreground of the top photo is the village of Mikindani. Our house is on the top of the hill in the back ground. The coast road takes you south to Mtwara where you can enjoy (some) modern convieniences.We have about 9 hectares of land. There are 110 cashew nut trees scattered around, 3 Baoba trees and lots of small fruit trees. There are two neighbours (about 200 meters away) one of which is my wife's brother and he speaks good English. There is vehicle access. To the front and right the land slopes away gradually and there is only low scrub. Needless to say that the house is very private and quiet (the hill location deters lazy visitors from just dropping in).
The bottom picture was taken before the house had its roof put on. You can see the road up to the house which goes past the passion fruit vines and around the big Baobab tree. On the horizon (on the second peninsula) is Mtwara town.
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