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Zanzibar Island
From the 12th century to 15th century was a powerful portuguese territory exporting slaves, gold, ivory, and spices. In 1862 Zanzibar became independent and formed a fragile union with mainland Tanzania.
Putting the tents away on the truck in Dar ...
Zanzibar!
... end of the queue.The group is split as to where they want to eat and go off to explore other places nearby. The concensus is to go to a place on the beach, which we do. Bad idea, as we wait for ages to get food and everyone finds their meals far too salty.
Sunday 28 October
I got a bit sunburnt on the boat trip, so spend last day out of the sun.
Our coach picks us up at 1630 to go to the airport..
As I have picked ...
Bismillah - no we will not let you go...
... club in East Africa). The mojitos made up for that minor disappointment relatively quickly though!
Heading to the night markets we were faced with multiple food salesman - some more convincing than others! Everything you could imagine on a skewer! Noticing many of our groups choosing delicacies from one particular stall we both went for the shark skewers which unfortunately turned out to be nauseatingy gristly! The garlic bread was sans ...
How to put the recent past behind us
... beach the next day, and there on its glorious sands did all of our troubles melt away (as did my Dairy Milk). This beach is enough to convert even the most hardened to beach culture. The turquoise water stretches out as far as you can see and the white sands are about as fine and as soft as baking flour. You can walk out in the sea and keep going for what seems like ages without encountering a single piece of rock or coral. The only thing that makes it unique is that bikini ...
We'll Order it From Zanzibar
... to the max. I’m also taking my free breakfast to the backpack and turning it into a free (albeit carb-laden) lunch. To be explicit about things: Michael and I had free breakfast food babies and put about 10 little donut things and a couple bananas in the backpack for later because we’re cheap like that. Fueled and ready for the day we brought our bags down and made the short ruck to the ferries where we, out of loyalty and convenience, bought from ...
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