Amani Rest House
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A trip to Tanga
... the white beach while avoiding the 500 Tsh (25 cents) entry fee. We do feel guilty for not paying, so we do sit down for a very sweet and brightly orange Fanta at one of the swim clubs. Apparently, this is where Tanga's youths spend their free Saturdays; the boys hanging around and taking a swim (in their street clothes), the girls shaking their booty to R&B music in the shade.
When we're ready to go home, the tide has come in and the beach has all but disappeared. ...
Peponi Beach
... of us to show us to the “super market” we were in search of when we got the fine. When the first shop was closed they “went the extra mile” and took us to another one. Thank goodness too, we got there just in time. We were the last shoppers to be let in before they closed for the day.
That was enough of Tanga for us. We did not even try go find Ronald and Rini for lunch. We made our way to Peponi. ...
Hatari!
... too close to the edge. Her foot sank in all the way to the top of her sock. She started freaking out. Eventually Clinton came over and yanked her out. Her shoe and sock were covered in in mud. On the drive, we saw Colobus monkeys, Blue monkeys, and Vervet monkeys. Vervet monkeys are also all around the lodge. One morning, we got like three feet from one. I could've taken one step and touched it. Anyway, after the waterfalls we drove to a cool viewpoint for ...
Loooong Time, No Write
... levels of faiths praying. We also saw a particular sect of Jews that worship this particular rabbi that passed a while ago. Man, were they loud. They were clapping and screaming and jumping up and down. You would've thought they were at a Ravens game. Anyway, it was a life changing experience. The next day on the 18 we killed time in the morning with packing. We dropped a few things off at Chip and Rachel's that we couldn't fit in our luggage, and started the drive to Tel Aviv ...
I like turtles
Burke and I rose early to visit the sea turtles nest. We got word that they had started hatching the previous day. Normally they hatch at night and the next day they dig up the nest to save any turtles that were not strong enough to dig themselves out. The statistics for how many turtles make it to adult hood is quite surprising. They claim 1 in 1000! We drove into the park and walked about 2 miles along the beach in the hot blazing sun. The temperature difference here ...