Blue Oyster Hotel Jambiani

... water the waves lap up to seemingly cantilouvred limestone cliffs. Weve been enjoying a variety of seafood dinners, crab, octupus, squid, white snapper, all delicious.
A bit of deja vu yesterday as well as we travelled to an offshore sandbank for a snorkelling adventure. We motored out in beautiful wooden dhous to a spot where the dolphins froliked around us. We then carried on to a mangrove lagoon and then to ...

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 ...

... to fall apart at any moment and had barely functioning brakes. The gears proved even more of an issue as the wind picked up speed so that I was reminded forcibly of riding through Liverpool a week before my half marathon in gale-force winds (mulaloo moment!)! On top of this all of us were beginning to experience severe cases of 'bicycle-bum'; very painful! Needless to say we did arrive back safely and laughed about it most of the way too! Mosquito lived up to his ...

... because not only did we see one from the road, but there must have been about 20 of them in the trees next to the road and I was able to snap a few blurry shots of them. We arrived at the Casa Del Mar, our hotel in Jambiani, at about 11:45 and were greeted by Wilameena - the lovely and cordial hostess. She treated us to a mixed fruit smoothie as well. The village and beach were absolutely gorgeous - with the sea a stunning aquamarine color! Ooh err! Our duplex ...

... que je l'eusse connue). Les gens sont très accueillants, très habitués aux touristes, la ville est sure tard dans la nuit, on peut s'y balader à sa guise, ce qui est je pense une des différences majeures par rapport au reste de la Tanzanie. Son marché, proche de là où je suis resté pour ces deux nuits, ses senteurs et ses couleurs me font pensé aux souks traversés lors d'un séjour au Maroc. La culture, ici est plus maghrébine qu'africaine ...

... being a total ***** about it. At this point I really did not like her and some of the comments she was making were really starting to grind on me. The problem was she didnt really understand how Africa worked. She was always getting worked up over some silly things and getting frustrated and annoyed and would lose her temper. The thing is in Africa that is the worst thing you can do is lose your temper as the locals just wont respect you anymore, it made me ...

... than that - it is awesome and we knew we would be extending our stay! Stone Town (or Zanzibar Town to the locals) is a mix of arabic, indian and african architecture, food and feel. It is a run down, ramshackle little place with a distinct tourist section where the architecture is all old, poorly maintained but very grand and colonial Indian, surrounded by a much larger local area. The tourist section is full of winding little skinny alley ways surrounded by tall buildings full ...

... usually carrying money and cameras, etc.) staying at the popular Malindi Guest House MUST pass to get to the guest house from the town. The girl said that she screamed and immediately the people from the neighborhood came to her rescue before anything could be stolen - or worse. But it was a good lesson for me to trust my instincts in this regard in the future and not take such risks again. I should think like a mugger and act accordingly. (By which I mean that I ...

... several metres so ideal for snorkelling. It's an amazing place - like swimming in a huge aquarium with fish (and starfish) of every size, shape and colour swimming among the spectacularly coloured coral. If you just float on the surface, some of the fish swim right up to your mask. We stayed at Bwejuu for seven days and on quite a few mornings enjoyed a swim before breakfast. One morning, a small jellyfish tried David's arm for breakfast! - resulting in pins ...