2022
On the 18th of November, as part of @ValeriaA_'s international 360 meetup initiative, i organised my first photo walk meetup at The Slipway in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In a duration of 2 weekends there were 30+ 360 meetup's organised worldwide and to be part of it was an amazing feeling.
The meetup had 4 RSVP's of which only 1 turned up who came with his friend towards the end of the meetup but thanks to my close buddies @5Degrees and Al-Amin (who visiting from Toronto) both of whom are local guides, they didn't let me down and i can say the meetup was a success!! Earlier in the morning we had gone to Mbudya Marine Reserve so you can say the meetup unofficially had started from there 🙂
Since it started off with just us 3 we went around taking pictures of the various shops around the slipway which is a fusion of artifices, painting and handmade decor made by the local craftsmen community along side modern patio style restaurants serving Sushi, Thai food, authentic Italian Pizza overlooking the Indian ocean which has spectacular sunset views. There was great opportunity to take pictures of the art work and handmade merchandise exploding with abstract figures and bold colours.
From there we made our way through the restaurants - tho we did not eat since we running short in time, took the opportunity to take pictures of the surroundings and restaurants and walked down beach boardwalk that leads to the boats that take you to Bongoyo Island which is a 30 min boat ride from the Slipway - a perfect getaway from the city noise.
On our way back to the starting point when deciding to take some more 360 group photos we met Amos and his friend Shoo who had come for the meetup and the surprising thing was that Amos is currently a medical student from the same University me and Omar graduated from. Such a small world. I can truly say we Local guides have so much in common that Goggle Maps which gets uncovered in the most random and strangest of ways - This is why i have realised meetups are so amazing and important, they bring us local guides closer in so many ways!
After quick introductions I shared my experiences of taking 360 photos using both the inbuilt camera option in the SV app and by using the Theta V. This was their first time seeing a 360 camera and to see the excitement was priceless - As Omar said, his 6 minutes effort to take one 360 photo and stitch it together took 10 seconds for me, for this i would really like to appreciate the Street view Team for their very beautiful and generous gift!
Alas it was time to say goodbye after having made 2 new friends and created deeper bonds with my existing friends.
The Photo Album isn't complete and more pictures will be added to it as soon as i receive them from the rest of the participants.
Thank you and Enjoy! 🙂
