Mapenzi Beach Club Zanzibar

... with dolphins, the opportunity to scuba dive, or a spice tour. This will include a local meal, a tour around the sites of Stone Town, and some history on its former slave market. Next will be the drive to the spice plantations where you will receive a guided tour and the opportunity to touch, smell and taste various spices such as cinnamon, vanilla and ginger, and teas made with these spices. At the end of the day there will also be an ...

... as there wasn&#8217;t enough time but headed into the Old Fort &amp; Zanzibar Cultural Centre.<br><br>Drove past Bububu to the Government Spice Farm where our Spice Tour would be held. Saw the following spices in no particular order: tamarind, cardimon, lemongrass, cocoa, lang-lang (Chanel No.5 scent), cinnamon, cloves, jackfruit, durian (not in season luckily), banana, wool/cloth fruit, pepper and vanilla. Pepper and vanilla grow as ...

... who&#8217;ve flown into Zanzibar for this?&#8221; Somebody asked. <br><br>&#8220;There will be no live performance until the official mourning period of a week is over&#8221; Mr. Fancy-gold-and-black-outfit man re-iterated. &#8220;This is the official statement from the ZIFF Board. Anyone wanting to hear our unofficial thoughts is free to approach us after the conference&#8221;. <br><br>&#8220;Who is that man?&#8221; I asked a woman seated next to me ...

... trying to get tourists!!!<br>LOTS OF TOURISTS!! <br>but seriously i got to try shark, squid it was yummy<br>and aklso zanzibar pizza with chocolate and banana like chipati but 10 times better!!<br>then went to an african hotel bar very posh and there was amzing cocktails and a english women owned a pet monkey, how Bazzar!!<br>off to the beach huts today luxury!! and snorkelling tomowow, <br>love to all<br>courterz xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br><br>

... Jambo". The weather's hot, partly overcast. I was there for a week, and it was pretty much overcast most of the time, always hot, with sporadic rain on some days - but this was great. The first two days: I find it difficult to do 'nothing'! How does one 'do nothing'? From Day 3, I get into it, the food is great, the water's great (although you walk out quite a distance to submerge at least to your waist!), the locals are friendly and teaching me to speak ...

... ticket. It wasn't until later that we realised we'd been picked up by a middle man who was charging us $5.00US per person for their services. Services that we didn't need, though the ride to the ferry was nice. We sat around in his office for a long time while the change was being produced, (no one has any change-ever), or maybe while they were getting our tickets, we aren't sure. The tickets arrived, the change did not. They drove us right to the ferry gate and asked for ...

... objection. We haven't really had opportunity to try this local form of transportation so this seemed like the right time as the distance was not too far and the getting on and off points were fairly obvious. Plus, the trip would cost us 1,200 shillings compared to 40,000 by taxi! We climbed in at the stop in Bububu - the only westerners of course, amongst a few Tanzanians. The dalla dalla was almost empty so we were all able to get a seat at the back of ...

... us a while to get there but we finally make it - its an amazing approach, clear blue waters surrounding crumbling but gorgeous stone town. As we've only got the weekend we decide not to head to the beaches up north but instead stay in the capital. It reminds us a bit of marocco wtih its tiny winding streets and vendors and is totally charming. We stayed in ...

This morning we were all excited, as we started our journey to Zanzibar. Shortly after 6am we crossed the bay on the car ferry, took a dodgy taxi van to the port, then boarded the catamaran for Stone Town. On arrival we had some time for exploring, then joined a Spice Tour at lunch time. Our tour leader was Ali G, who had great fun imitating South London accents. The tour started with a visit ...

... guy even came up to me to say that he knew I bought his friend a sugar cane drink the previous night and that I had to buy him one tonight. Unbelieveable. I told him I wouldn't be buying anyone drinks tonight at the market. When I got back to the hotel, I ran into the Irish couple and an American guy named Ang. We just chatted for a while. Later, And and I went to the night food market and ate some good seafood again. Tomorrow, I am going back to Kendwa beach.