Evergreen Bungalows Bwejuu

... oh, Malaya, aye! Malaya! Hatutaki Malaya! Hatutaki Malaya!” Prostitute! Look at the prostitutes! We don’t want prostitutes here!”

Now it’s the rumble of a hundred voices, two hundred, three. The girls are looking for a way out of the market. Watch them go, faster and faster, whipping past the jeers, and the looks as the rumble gets louder, caving in all around them. Kyalo gets out the Sony and breaks into a run, the cameraman ...

... thing to do as this equipment would have been worth 3 or more years salary to the local person on Zanzibar. After this excitement we spent a day in the shade reading and resting and swimming before taking our bus back to Stonetown at 5pm.Leaving behind Kim and Bertrand we hugged goodbye as they were staying on in Zanzibar for another week. We loved hanging with them and Kim is the brash and full on life of the party type of girl who spoke in the 3 languages of Spanish ...

... 2 days R&R in a real bed (Sunset Bungalows = 3 star beach side resort = US$25 per night including breakfast) were after 2 medium length travel days (300 km and 400 km) travelling east from Arusha to Dar Es Salaam. Despite leaving each morning at 8 am we still got into our evening's campsite with just an hour to spare before the sun set just after 6 pm. Somehow we lost time at the various stops along the way. An hour to pitch tents and then to get dinner underway on either the ...

... port for the East African coast and was instrumental in the Spice Trade. There are a lot of Indian and Arabic influences in the architecture of the buildings and door carvings. Eventually the sultan of Oman settled the island and Arabs ruled for a few centuries (I think but I'm going to do my research when I get home). The buildings are all built of stone and line cobblestone streets laid out in a million different directions. There does not seem to be any ...

... by said cubicle dwellers, and lacking the sponteonity to plan a vacation on their own, they flood the beaches of Zanzibar in package vacations and pre-planned honeymoons. The place that I am staying in northern Zanzibar is spectacularly beautiful, but the place suffered from a lack of backpackers and non-spedo wearers in general. Luckily the 4 or so people actually staying in the dorm section of the compound were good company--a ...

... Obama! One sign says "President Barack Obama" the other says "Zanzibar for Obama". As I snapped a photo, a man on the street smiled and said "Yes we can!" It seems that Zanzibar is pretty politically aware! So I settled into a moderate priced hotel in the middle of the Stone Town action and headed out for some dinner. A short walk away, I discovered a beach front restaurant and ordered fresh tuna! I have missed fish while on the mainland. The tuna was fresh and I ate it all ...

Tonight is the Full Moon PArty in Kendwa. The night has finally arrived. There are more people around than the previous days but it isn't as packed as I expected. This definitely won't compete with the famous Full Moon Party in Thailand. When I woke up, I did my stretching exercises. I can already touch my toes without bending my knees. It was easier than expected. I have now changed my goal to being able to put the palm of my hand ...

... tv! Stone town is a lovely place with so much character - you can wander around the cool lanes for hours, spotting intricately carved doors and atmospheric old buildings whenever you make the effiort to look up. There are photo opportunites everywhere you look. There are great antique shops filled to the brim with old Portugese, British and African bits and bobs.

... in their newly-built pool. The Indian Ocean can reveal some rather interesting (for want of a better word!) creatures of the deep which caused, my partner, Elaine a couple more nasty stings. The tentacle of a Portuguese Man o' War attached itself to her shoulder and produced stinging which soon disappeared and a red weal (which took much longer to fade). They are not the ...

... pretty proud to be bringing a white person back to her home and then we finally make it to her home. Unlike a lot of the mainland Tanzanian houses, these are made of the local stone. It is a conpound, with a junk room on the right, 3 rooms on the left and a room in the far corner to cook in. In the house, the room which looks more like a very small hall way with 2 rooms off it, is the main room. She lays a wicker rug on the ground and tells me to sit. Soon after, I get a tray with a ...