We eventually worked our way out of Arusha as we all had a desire to visit with local miners and to visit the no-name villages scattered throughout the district. Our broker was not convinced this was a good idea. But we all wanted to see exactly where the goods came from. So we were able to visit one village that we could drive to, and was less than two hours away from Arusha's city centre.
Picking up more accurate directions from the locals.
Of course the directions only get us to another village, but not the one we wanted to visit.
From the above village, we were able to acquire a more accurate picture of how to get to this very small village shown below.
These were just huts in the village, but the locals have been collecting crystals they find on the ground as they graze their animals. And that is why we were there. It was kinda funny for us, as they were asking 5 or 10 times what we could buy the stuff for in town. But we kept at it for over an hour and eventually the price came down out of the stratosphere and we were able to buy some.
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