Sultan Palace Zanzibar

... to do a little shopping at the airport! I bought lots of spices, clove tea and kilimanjaro coffee!!

The flight was uneventful, medically, thank goodness, but was absolutely beautiful. We flew past Kilimanjaro and over the all of the tropical islands. I managed a few pics. I will put them up later on....just to make you jealous!!!!

... showering or using the toilet. Good thing they were from my group. We had a few hours to do our thing and a few of us made our way to an Italian restaurant and ate some pizza. The food was decent and did the job. I walked around a bit by myself and then decided it was jog time. So I asked the hotel guy the best way to run and then I set off through the streets of Stone Town. At first I felt kind of sick(pizza), but after a bit I felt good and enjoyed the ...

... only the tourists – plus the vendors cook the seafood during the afternoon and reheat them when they are ordered. The Zanzibari pizza (omelette like pizza) are really good, had the banana chocolate (sweet) pizza after some fish that didn’t taste right.

Staying in a 5 bed dorm with Kodai, John H, Jess and Sam for only $15 a night. Didn’t sleep very well mainly due to the rubbish bed. The hotel is beside Radha ...

... He raised his eyebrows shook his head and returned to his book an unsettled look on his face. I wondered for a brief moment if he had had anything to do with the Very Important Man’s death. The walls were lined with prints of photos taken by a Zanzibari photographer from a coffee table book called Zanzibar Style. They were so painfully beautiful that briefly, I forgot where I was and I longed to be in Zanzibar. My eyes were drawn to a framed ...

... andf the camp was right on the lake already wehn we arrived the locals are trying to send you stuff, but the carvings here are beautfiul some of the nicest ive seen, and here you can trade, i was the only one that didnt buy anything im saving for the destination tomorow quarter is the currency here, black market job for currency as foreux burries are closed in malawi really dont know why :s

... and quite often earlier!

This is very much the long driving days, which are probably one in every 3...

OK.... well that has only updated 2 of the last 4 weeks, but hopefully in the next few days I will try to bring you up to now...

Tomorrow our group of 20 split in half.... half of us including me going to Cape town (another 18 days) and the others going to Jo'Burg (another 6 days)....

Anyway must go.... heading out on a microlight ...

... of the big bad sea. Later I bought a chocolate bar like a kit kat and then one for each of the kids. This would be our lunch. The ride was fine, a little swaying to and fro, but nothing spectacular, and Mr. Bean kept us entertained for a part of it. Becca kept reading her book for most of the ride. Simon and I went outside, but the exhaust was hard to take so we didn't stay out long. We were at the back of the boat, so couldn't see much anyway. There was luggage piled up ...

Sunset Cruise and Snorkeling: We are on the beautiful island of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean. We are staying at the Ras Nungwi Beach Resort at the tip of Zanzibar. The weather here is so beautiful. The water is a turquoise colour with amazing white sand, and there is a wonderful warm breeze.  Today we decided to go on a Sunset Cruise on a " Dhow" with Sandy and Mary Wilson. [The Wilson's are a nice couple from the States. We met them on the plane ...

... was decorated in an Arabian style. All for just 40 dollars including breakfast. We signed up with East African Divers for the Advanced Open Water course, which gave us 5 dives and allowed us to dive as deep as 30 meters. We had some amazing diving one day around a small island called Mnemba, where we saw green turtles and lots of other cool fish. You can stay on the island if you can afford ...

... were throwing up left, right and centre. Luckily I managed to distract Lisa, who was sitting next to me, long enough to prevent the vom....I'm pretty certain that if she'd started I would have quickly followed suit....really not a pleasant experience. The first day was spent just wandering around the little alleys of Stone Town, getting lost amongst the curio shops and locals. We stumbled across a carpenters so went in and watched them crafting ornate ...