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Holidays!
Sorry it's been so long again, I've been all over the place - village, travelling within Tanzania for my holidays and back in Iringa sick again! After I last wrote I spent a couple of weeks in my village, just teaching in the primary school because the secondary has closed down for holidays, and trying to give some seminars in the community. The …
Chillin' in Malawi
My last day on Zanzibar Island was great. I took one of the famous Mr Mitu's Spice Tours. The tour took us to the spice plantations of Zanzibar where we saw the plant form of many spices like chocolate, vanilla, lemongrass, nutmeg, allspice, mace, etc. It was quite facinating. After a great, spicy lunch, the tour took us to the persian baths, a …
Amy Tans At The Beach In Zanzibar
While Matt slaved up Mt. Kilimanjaro for 6 days in below freezing temps......Amy headed to the beach to relax in 90 degree weather! We were both doing things we enjoyed and loving life. It was strange to be apart for 8 days, but after 6 months together 24 hours a day it was a refreshing time alone. I was ready to meet back up after our time apart, …
Jambo jambo from the paradise island of ...
Jambo Jambo from the paradise island of Zanzibar... Since leaving the base of Kilimanjaro on the 8th June we travelled directly to the bustling town of Dar es Salaam, stopping only for a couple of pee-stops and a 20 minute halt at a Tanzanian service station where for around 6 dollars we wolfed a plate of rice, chicken curry, goat stew and samosas …
Stone town
... maybe. Shame. The man looked like he was so out of it! On our way back we decided to go back there for dinner & both had pizzas. The flies were something else so I had one hand shovelling food into my mouth while the other was swooshing away the flies. My pizza was quite average but jack had a prawn one which was quite yummy! Once we got back to our hotel we watched some series on my iPad then I fell asleep quite early as we had a big water safari the next ...