Mafia Island Lodge
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Birthday treat and other animals
... the son of the owners of the hotel, who was very good fun and we played with him all day. After Mafia we went to the mainland by plane to a place called Kilwa to see the old ruins. The place we stayed did have a swimming pool but they we in the middle of mending it so we could not go swimming. That means we got lots and lots of homework done. We did see some interesting animals ...
Birthday boy
... we all enjoyed Iain's birthday treat. His presses were Bucky-Balls (a cube of 216 spherical, super-strong Neodymium magnets - endless fun to remodel - cube/chain/dodecahedron/spider/blob.... whatever). Without prompting, Maura and Moez (hotel owners) made Iain a cake and gave him a T-shirt - they're great. After all the excitement of presents, we retired to the beach to enjoy the rest of a lovely day (and no school!) All in all, not ...
Mossies vrs Sand-flies
... seem to react particularly dramatically to being nibbled. Mrs Roberton is itchy all over and the lesser Roberton looks as if she has small-pox. Not that anyone's complaining! I'm sure that in time we'll long for a bit of Gloucestershire drizzle, but it hasn't come to that yet. Next week it's back to business, with more World Heritage Sites to be ticked, before we get down to business in ...
Tropical Pasadise
We all slept well despite being unaccustomed to the humidity of the coast. Air-con helps! The only fly in the ointment with our otherwise most splendid hotel was the equally splendid cock-roach in the bathroom (reception were duly mortified - I reassured them that the streets of Toledo are full of the little darlings). Iain and Alicia were suitably excited about this morning's flight to Mafia Island - a 30 min hop in a 13 seater (12 in the back and one next to the pilot). We ...
Mafia Island and the Whale Sharks
... swam above them you could watch their gills expand and ripple as they swam, and if you chose to swim next to them then you could look into their eyes. Well, one eye anyway as the other would always be around the other side. At times they swam really fast and it was exhausting trying to keep up, but a lot of the time they slowed down a bit and ...
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