Coral Rock Hotel Jambiani

... island where we had a delicious lunch of lobster, fish, calamari and a sampling of many local fruits including a new one for me, jackfruit. In truly civilized fashion we ended the feast with a sake sized cup of expresso with Wild African Cream, a liquer much like baileys. While the fish we saw werent as colourful as some |ve seen they were certainly plentiful. Ive never snorkelled through clouds of jellyfish ...

... the following morning by coming to us and saying that we owed him money ... You can imagine the kind of response that he got to that! On Thursday we left Jambiani beach to return to Stone town - Lindsey and Megan were leaving on Friday. You'll be pleased to know that our adventures with Mosquito did not taint those beach days one bit; in fact I wouldn't be without that cycling day for anything! If nothing else I will never forget watching Mosquito's head-first voyage ...

... contacts which turned out to be a rookie mistake. The following day we said goodbye to Russ and Virginia after a whirlwind trip though Africa. The following day we decided that one day snorkeling was just not enough and Latha put her contacts in and we headed for a marine wildlife reserve. Again, what a great experience and it was wonderful to see the fish in Finding Nemo up close. Latha really enjoyed it this time and would point ...

... had only one bed and Mary didn't want to share so they brought in a small single bed and fitted it up with bedding and mosquito netting. I let Mary have the double bed upstairs. After that, Mary went for a swim while I took a walk down the beach and collected shells. I also had a little walk through the village. While on my stroll, I met a local lad named James who from there on out, kept popping up everywhere - not quite a stalker but in the same ballpark ...

... up having more banana seductions and stayed for a few hours. As we sat there we could see children going out to sea in the dark in small boats, Hussein said that they were around 12 years old and were going out fishing, he said they wouldn't be back till morning. He spoke about his family and asked about us. We told him we went into Stonetown today and went to the fish/meat/fruit market. He asked if we went and got fresh fish from the fish market at home and was extremely ...

... to think that she was trying to set up a buisness in Zanzibar I was thinking good luck, with her attitude she will need it. We made it up to Newuib and straight away noticed there was more tourists around. There were numerous bunch of overlanders there which I dispess because all they do is get drunk and dont really see the country, such an easy way to travel everything on a plate for you, no feel for the real adventure. I had enough of them anyway ...

... then wish I had a pair...so I got a comfy pair of jeans....I figured I've worn a skirt everyday but two and in Dar no one thinks differently. Although now I am in Stonetwon Zanzibar after a two hour airconditioned ferrie ride. I've gone back to wearing a kitange...most white people are almost obscenely scantilly sp? clad here which is bizarre. I know its hot but when you are in such a muslim area. It just feels really weird for me to ...

... and I nip in for a quick dabble and make about $400 between us in about 15 minutes. We cash in and head back to the campsite with Tim looking over his shoulder to make sure that there aren't a hoarde of casino staff following him to steal his winnings back. We get back to the campsite and find that Jules has been a gem and cooked dinner for us, so we all eat and then head to the bar for a last couple of drinks with Anita before she heads off back to the UK.

... spend the first night in Stone Town, Zanzibars capital, cos its apparently a pretty cool place, and we wanted one afternoon to explore before hitting the beach hideaway on the east coast The town is certainly interesting, bustling with activity, very narrow streets with no pavements, alleyways to get lost in, we walked and walked, and most of the time only had a vague idea ...