Paje Beach Bungalows

... as we got feed, touch, scratch them and take some cool pics. There was one there that was 180 years old. We even got to hold one of the babies. After that we lazed on the beach and we swam in the clearest water we have ever swam in. It was the perfect paradise. We then headed back to the main Island.

... dollars, its just as well i always kept us dollars on me, other wise i would have had to go back to the nearest city, mombassa, and get money and go again.

i made him take out the letters, and forms saying why it costs so much for irish people, but it all seemed pretty straight on, althought i have my suspicions that some of it went into his pocket. i took his number, his staff number, his photo, pretty much everything i could, just ...

... slavers would only take two or so people from any tribe so the slaves couldn't communicate amongst themselves. When the slavers were ready to ship their...slaves...they went through a natural tunnel that lead to the sea. This was a very interesting excursion, largely because we of the West learn so little about the African part of the African slave trade, but it was alive and well before slaves began being shipped to the Americas. Finally we had a ...

... the group went for dinner at the outdoor seafood market, which I don't like due to the number of touts hanging around it. Instead I went for a pizza with one of the group members, a 21-year old chap from Scotland whose accent I could hardly understand. At dinner, we got into a conversation with a couple of Swiss young women at the table next to ours and ended up moving to a table together to continue our conversation. We ended up continuing the conversation after dinner and ...

Okay, so I apologize for the lateness of my updating!! Things have been hectic! When last I left you I believe I was in Geneva meeting up with Natalie again after touring through Basel! I forgot to mention that I also had the interesting experience of driving in Basel (Elli needed her car at Julia's, so I drove it over) - note to Basel city council: more street signs please! I think I almost ended up in Germany and I apologize sincerely to all of the other Basler ...

... that the first operation I watched - removing a three year-old boy's kidney - was in the 'sauna theatre'. It was the classic image of a nurse standing close to the surgeon wiping his brow every few moments otherwise sweat would have been pretty much pouring into the carefully steralised operating field. the local doctors have a lot of help at the moment from a mix of Chinese and Swedish anaesthetists and surgeons and they are ...

... Farrokh Bulsara, better known as Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the rock group Queen, was born in Stone Town in 1946. * Zanzibar is the only place in the world you can now see the rare and endangered Kirk's Red Colobus Monkey. * The shortest war in history was fought there in 1896. At precisely 9.02 a.m. on 25th August three British warships opened fire on the sultan's palace and the war ended at 9.40 a.m., just 38 minutes later! We landed at Zanzibar ...

... around bicycles, scooters, cattle and chickens. I was pretty chuffed to just be alive, and amazed that there were no other casualties from the trip. All the way, the co-driver was gesticulating and shouting arb facts over his shoulder (about white and black dolphins, and the population size of Zanzibar etc.). Arriving at Paje, we settled in and had a long nights party - something our livers would become accustomed to... We were divided up into pairs, cause ...

... wanted to talk to me. Marcia and I were both surprised that the first question out of their mouths was "are you married?" I mean I expect that from the guys. But for the women to ask me - it was quite revealing. ( **Marcia snapped a couple of cool pictures during our conversation, I'll add them to the log when I get them**) The day ends with my arrival at Paje. A place of white ...

... crab etc. Mike has been trying out various locally brewed beers so that I can collect the labels for my scrap book and I have enjoyed trying lots of freshly squeezed fruit juices. We arranged to go spear fishing for the day, I got side tracked by some local Masai people whilst they attempted to teach me Masai (not content with KiSwahili!! Mike came back to find one of them wearing my straw hat and them rolling around in peels of laughter at me saying soapeye ...