Mamy Hotel Pemba Island

Chake Chake Pemba Island, Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania

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OOOOOOOOOO bloody fish!

A travel blog entry by maclaren

... not to litter in their own country. When westerns do it I make sure to tell them so, if not worse.

And back to today. We were soon on our way to Misali Island, with a ranger and two crew in tow. On the way out we caught nothing. Now as a kid I used to go fishing with my Dad, quite regularly at some points, but neither of us got the hang of it and I can’t remember catching anything ever. I think I am a bad omen. The day’s fishing continued ...

Scuba diving = Good!

A travel blog entry by maclaren

... enjoyed it. Liverpool were playing tonight and before I know it Muzee had taken me to the bar to watch the game. It was a good evening thoroughly enjoyed in his company. We made plans to fish tomorrow morning at 6:30am, before visiting Misali Island, an island everybody has insisted I must see before leaving.

Muzee is a jovial fellow with a big belly laugh and again I feel I must say thanks for his ...

The Green Island

A travel blog entry by maclaren

... at lodge around 1pm and awaited the arrival of the dive boat. Muzee used to work for the dive company and he was keen to see old friends again. Unfortunately the dive boat was too late back and he had to depart in time for Iftar (the evening meal with which Muslims break their daily fast).

On the return of the dive boat I was keenly greeted by Cesca, the owner, whom I would reveal to our mutual friends; Andy, Shellster and Shelly’s Dad. This went down a ...

Now I am a tourist in Pemba

A travel blog entry by maclaren

... Ramadan everything shuts early for prays. The factory produces crude oil in the form of cloves, eucalyptus, lemon grass and other spices. It smells amazing, like no other factory I have been in. Then I was off to the Pemba flying fox reserve. Which is little more than some trees the animals like without a guide or any information at all. Therefore all I can tell you until I look at Wikipedia is that they look a lot like big ginger bats. I ...

The green Island

A travel blog entry by leoinafrica

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... aet a giant octopus and the next morning we took a barge back to Wete.

From there on I started to feel sick.

I slept a night at Archimedes house, in the night he woke me up telling me that he was going to Zanzibar Island with his brother the next day to see his new apartment there and asking me to join them and the next morning we took the ferry to ...