known as the fruit capital of Western Tanzania, and markets are often filled with local produce. Tabora has many small local restaurants offering typical Tanzanian restaurant food like Ugali (a thick maize porridge), chips, or rice with beans, beef or chicken. For breakfast or lunch, there is usually chipsi-mayai (chips and egg), which is basically a couple of eggs fried together with some chips. Although the food is bland, it is usually served with Tanzanian chili sauce, which gives the meal some character. A local specialty is pumpkin in peanut butter sauce. This goes with the rice pilau served widely throughout the region. For snacks there are local sambusa (samosa), some goat meat on a stick or some freshly roasted corn of the cob, all widely available in Tabora. There is a choice of fruit in the large regional market of Tabora, including pineapples, watermelons, and bananas. Tourism Tabora does not have many tourist attractions. It is well off the beaten track, with few tourists. Of note is Fort Boma, erected at the end of the 19th century by the Germans and still in use by the military of Tanzania. Another colonial remnant is the railway station. About 9 Miles (15 kilometres) south west of Tabora is Kwihara town, formerly known as Kazeh and an important town in the slave trade until the Germans started developing Tabora. Kazeh's best-known visitors were David Livingstone and Sir Henry Morton Stanley, who were highly impressed by the town of Kazeh. There is a small museum dedicated to Dr Livingstone, called "the Livingstone Museum", with entry costing 2,000 Tanzanian shillings. Another day trip from Tabora is Igombe Dam, a local forest reserve. Climate Tabora has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with two seasons of approximately equal length. The wet season is from November to April and is followed by a dry season from May to October. Transport Tabora is small enough to walk from one side of town to the other. Bicycle taxis, motorbike taxis and regular taxis are available. Road links Tabora at the moment is served by mostly paved road T18 from Singida Region to Kigoma and partly unpaved road T8 from Mbeya to Mwanza passing through the district. Salt flats to the west prevent a direct road from connecting to Kigoma. In January 2013, the Tanzanian government announced the commencement of work to upgrade to tarmac level the Tabora-Urambo road