Baghani House Hotel Stone Town

... my card was silver and not gold or platinum and I got a cold diet coke and some nuts to pass the time for 3 hours while fights were breaking up outside as Kenya Airways cancelled 5 flights and one computer tried to transfer all passengers in transit and another tried to deal with immigration and another with emigration. The shop owners could only take cash which made for irritatated them and irritated shoppers-hungry travellers, all in an ugly airport with too little ...

... served pizzas just down the street. We each related our day and advice as to where to go as we waited on the patio for our food. It was nice and relaxing, the food delicious, and I had really grown to like these girls, it seemed like I had known them forever by then. <br><br>After dinner the girls wanted to visit the local market we had told them about and we decided to complete our loop, walking to the water where a local market was set up ...

... to help the upkeep of such a beautiful place.<br><br>We also visited the Sultan's palace, now a museum. The sultans ruled Zanzibar for several generations before the British took control, and the last in the line died in exile in the 20th century. The palace had a certain faded splendour, mixed with horrendous western chintz that was obviously fashionable at the time. Thus the sultan's two wives had one side of a sitting ...

... fire and / or 2 gas rings. We have yet to get into the group rosters routine so it was whoever was first finish pitching their tents, showered etc went to help out with what needed doing for dinner.<br><br>Since my last entry the 2 night / 3 day excursion by 4 x 4 Toyota to firstly the Serengeti National Park can only be described as surreal, sensational, superb and words like that ... well these words are a bit OTT (over the top) but I was quite surprised and blown away by not ...

On Thursday we took a daladala from Jambiani to Stone town. Daladalas are the equivilant of matatus on the mainland ... except that they are basically pick-up trucks with benches put in the back and a wooden roof over the top. On Thursday it was pouring with rain ... and as the sides of a daladala are open, the conductor had rolled down big plastic sheets over the windows. This certainly added to the 'cosyness' ... that and the fact that there didn't seem to be any limit as to how ...

... every time something cool swam under her. We spent a few more nights in Stone Town after our beach days. The highlights were listening to some live Tarob music one night and visiting the old slave market. There is an Anglican church on the sight of the slave market now. The history of the slave trade was well described and left us with many thoughts. The last day was spent enjoying Zanzibar spice coffee and tea while frantically shopping.

... umbrella and just chilled out reading our books, I have to admit, I'd not been looking forward to it, but on the quiet, really it was okay for a few hours. Our room was ideally positioned to watch the sunset, it was breathtaking, simply beautiful, a pure horizon of golden orange - the sun flickering in a fire lit sky - even just the colours themselves served to remind me of where I was - Africa. I sat alone at first, but silently John decided to join me - he handed me a glass of ...

Apres les safaris nous sommes alles relaxe a Zanzibar..... Nous avons fait aussi 2 jours de plongee...... Zanzibar est une ile tres belle mais il y a trop de vendeurs dans les rues....achalants! After the safari, we came to Zanzibar to chill. Zanzibar is very beautiful but the touts are too much! Touts are people selling you **** in the streets! We did 2 days of scubar diving.....very nice!

I didn't really have the motivation to make a decision when I woke up. The beach makes you lazy. Do I stay or do I go? It was 9 am and I was having breakfast on the beach and I still did not make up mind. I then noticed people jumping on a boat. I learned that they were all going snorkeling. That was the deciding factor. I decided to stay in Kendwa as I thought going out snorkeling with a group would be a good way to meet some people staying at my ...

Ik heb 5 uurtjes heel onrustig geslapen en toen besloten om meteen om <br> 7.30u een boot naar Zanzibar te nemen. Dan maar geen musea in Dar! <br> En wat ben ik blij dat ik dat gedaan heb! De boottocht was duur maar <br> verliep prima. En ik heb een heel grappig, kitscherig hotelletje gevonden, <br> het is net uit de sprookjes van 1001 nacht, met twee openslaande lage <br> deurtjes, laag plafond, kitscherige ...