Jadini Beach Ukunda

... muzungo Bridget, we were in this local shop having coke and lunch. Next minute i was behind the counter trying to sell the the food to Omar the local muzungo it was quite a laugh, the local,s all has a good time <br><br><br><br><br>Another great day in Africa.<br><br><br><br><br>Cheers miles

... did was poo on their bed, pee on their pillows and steal their clothes.<br><br>Once we learned how to deal with the monkeys everything was cool. Although We also woke up one morning to see what appeared to be a Green Mamba (very poisonous) snake slithering across the beams on our roof! On Tuesday morning we made the short 5 minute stroll down to Diani Beach and it was stunning sight to behold, clear blue waters and white sand. We knew right away we wouldn't be doing ...

... in a Banda next to the beach- excellent value at 2 pounds 50 per person per night. The beach is white sand, empty, and the sun is shining. There is even an internet cafe that works and bars and restaurants nearby. <br>We are within 6 hours of Dar es Salaam, Dan, so you need not have worried.<br>I must say that Oliver has been sickly since we arrived. He blames ...

... of weeks; they let me use their kitchen to cook my own food and, more importantly, Marie and Ka Ka are lovely, conscientious, hardworking people just scrapping by as tourism has been terribly affected with all the election problems and corruption over the last year. I've been here 4 days now and learn't so much; a lot of it terribly sad; there is poverty everywhere, some local people are dying because they can't afford to receive medicine for ...

... and burnt during our first night? Right.... Yep... that happened too, they thought about waking us up to evacuate us, but they didn't! I also forgot to mention that some strange liquid fell from the ceiling in the night on my face... which I later found to be monkey pee. OK, so stilts was really roughing it, but we decided to give it one more night and then move to the Resort. Lucky me, I got peed on again... on my face, it was not so pleasant. Moved my head quickly ...

... 20 yrs service - on my lord - do not cry &amp; recover from hangover 31st Saturday up very early to attend -how to teach English in foreign language 1st Sunday 2nd day of course. 2nd last injection - thank you leaving do with Mad Friends !! 3rd pack pack re pack and pack again 4th - worry about what i haven't packed - then WAXING ! 5th leave my lily behind ..... ah go to Vicki's leave for Kenya. not much to do really speak to all soon x

... the ship we took a 15 minute bus ride to a local craft cooperative to shop. I use the word "shop" with reservations, since it didn't include any buying. The wood carvings were beautiful - the artists work in teak or ebony and we could have seen the artists at work behind the shop if we'd had more time. Some of the bowls with animal carvings could have been offered at Neiman Marcus, they were so sophisticated and beautiful.  I didn't get anything because I'm still a novice shopper ...

... city that was eye opening. There are three million residents in Dar es Salaam with an eclectic mix of Arabic, Indian, African and Swahili origins. I was happy that I had returned to the city as it was not as bad as I was initially led to believe. During our late Saturday ramble about the city, we stumbled across a blind band busking on the side of the road. The locals were fascinated, as were we, and their tip bowl quickly filled with crumpled up bank notes. In ...

... Athman, the possibilities of running a shorter workshop with at most 8 participants. I decided to cancel it all together when Margaret's neighbor, Shani, found me a place to stay with her sister, Asma, in Mombasa. I had made contact with sister Tibebwa in Mombasa, who told me about a reggae dance happening that night. I set out for Likoni Island, on the south side of Mombasa. It worked out nicely that my bed was a few hundred meters from the dance. I met Asma on the Likoni side ...

... te maken hadden: tandartsen die daar een week vrijwillig komen <br> werken, mensen die een weesmeisje sponsoren, etc. Wel een raar gevoel, <br> al die mensen in dat luxe hotel, omdat ze hier iets komen doen vanwege <br> de armoede... maarja, dan bedenk ik me ook maar dat al die euro's ook <br> zorgen voor een hoop werkgelegenheid hier. <br> Ik wilde toch graag dat project zien, dus ik mocht met een andere groep <br> mee. We gingen ...