Twisted Palm Beach Bungalows Bwejuu

... are not wearing buibui’s. Come to think of it, neither is the group of girls stood just a few paces away. They walk, heads held high and it crosses my mind how pretty they are. Then the rumble begins, first quiet, just a few cheeky vendors who I suspect are just excited at a glimpse of arm and a pretty face and a slim, revealed arm.

“Woahahahahhooooooahhh! Heeeyeeeaaaaaahhhh!” One voice, two, ten, twenty. And then:

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... being in the bar last night after taking sunset photos!!!!! Wayne sprinted to the bar on instantly realising this. I sat and calculated it was gone and we would need to go to the police and report it stolen. He returned 5 minutes later with the bag intact. The bar waiter seeing it on the chair after we left to go to another restaurant for dinner had put it behind the bar. So So lucky and so grateful Wayne gave the man a large tip for his caring for the camera. It was an ...

... called all day trip which included lunch of rice and magnificent kingfish cooked in its juices tin foil over an open fire. I went back for 4 servings as no one else wanted to finish the fish off! The ocean waters colours ranged from a bright turquoise near the white sands shores to dark blues further out. A following wind on the return meant we could turn off the 40 hp Yamaha and sail the dhow back under its huge white triangular sail. That to me was a bonus experience.

Stone Town, Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania bruceontour

... for the Nairobi airport and then flew to Zanzibar which is an island off the coast of Tanzania. I am just going to come out and say that this is honestly one of the coolest places I have ever been in my life. We took a cab from the airport to a section of the island known as stonetown. Although we have heard a few different versions of the story this is what I could make out. The island was "discovered" and then settled by the Portuguese. It quickly became a ...

Zanzibar is the place that, when you're sitting in a cubicle at around 2 PM, filing expense reports or spellchecking grants or something, staring blankly at a dark, grey sky and leafless winter trees, comes to mind as an absolute paradise. The sand is always white, the sky blue, the water a tropical torqouise, and there is absolutely nothing to do besides sit, recline, sleep, or eat. The flipside of the coin is that the place has been ...

... Fundelmentalism is the problem. But when America goes to war, we create an environment for terrorists to grow. All this from the guy at the airport who changed my money and cashed those dang Amex travellers check. Another hallelujah. I met a nice taxi driver named Abdullah who took me around the winding, narrow streets to look at different hotels. Just couldn't do another hostel. I needed a little luxury.The coolest thing on the the way is a painted sign and picture of ...

... watching the game from the street. As soon as Spain won the game, the local men started laughing at all the Italian tourists. In some cases, they got in their faces and started laughing as the Italians made their way back to their hotel rooms. It bugged me a bit considering so many Italians come to the island and support the local economy. I couldn't understand why the locals reacted the way they did. It was a bit vicious. Tomorrow, I am off to Dar Es Salaam.

It was closing in on Andrew's birthday and so we had to get a wiggle on if we were to make it to the beautiful island of Zanzibar in time - 13 hours, two buses, three boda-bodas and a ferry later - we made it with a day to spare. As we booked into the expensive birthday hotel we were told that there was no electricity on the whole island - so much for the AC and ...

... supports the local school and the head teacher visits the hotel once a week to teach some of the staff more English. Many of the local children love to have their photograph taken but some are a little wary. They have been told by their parents (or more likely grandparents) that having your photograph taken, takes away your soul. We spent quite some time cooling off in the sea ...

... home. Oh No! What do I do. Well without offending her, I wait for my food and order her chips to take away. I then, set off with her to her village. The walk there was very pleasant. The beach was busy with people from the town who are looking to have some fun. The onlydownside about the East coast, is the amount of rubbish on the beaches. The closer you get to the villages, the more mess there is on the beach. It is really bad at times. I am paraded past the villages as she seems to ...