Sunrise Guest House Hotel Bwejuu

... the Scottish one – isn’t she great? Did you see her documentary? Amazing… look at her go, curious as ever; game to try whatever it is she hasn’t tried before. Oh, there are the Scandinavian girls, hi guys! Oh, of course I remember you! Roger, isn’t it? I meet you here two nights ago. Hey, Kwame, do you know where Pedro and all said they would be tonight?

“Zanzibar pizza!” cries out another vendor. We stop to ...

... as the crossing over. Normally rougher going south!!!! I have already spent 3 hours wandering around the narrow winding alleys of Stonetown and its open air markets (fish, chicken, meat, veg etc) so this is an unexpected internet stop for me.

Last 42 hours spent at the top of Zanzibar. 2 sunsets were not magnificent as they can be (too much cloud cover) but I made something out of nothing when last night a couple of guys fishing in their dugout came in to view just as the ...

... tour to a spice farm. OUr guide showed us how they make many things such as vanilla, [which is actually bark from a tree] and many other spices that I barely remember. After the tour an individual climbed a tree and we had some water from coconuts. We then sat down and tried all the local fruits like lychee, passion fruit and many others I can not spell as well as tried three different teas.

We then headed back to the hotel and got ready for a ...

... Lake Victoria with a mighty rush, now a power station. There is Nile Perch and other fish being harvested from the river. We also had the best meats since thr start of our trip: scrumptious filet, t-bone steak, and lamb roast. We have to relish this as soon it will be back to leathery, rubber like meat, mostly beef. If you ask the butcher what it is he will say: meat! Almost a reason to become vegetarian. Jenny always wanted to go rafting, so took up the ...

... Obama will be the president of the US not Zanzibar, they feel he can inspire Africans, especially young people, to work to help Africa themselves. Interesting. Tomorrow I go to Happy and Jeremy's friend's guesthouse. The beachfront place is 14k from Stone Town deep in the forest. I have to buy food for them to cook for me or for me to cook myself. Should be another linguistic journey since the people there do not speak much English. Next post, I'll let you know how it goes.

... I then walked by another shack that looked like a bakery. They guy kept asking me to buy some bread so I did. I didn't really need any but I bought it anyway. He was a nice guy and it was very cheap. After I bought the bread, he whispered in my ear and asked if I wanted any "green stuff". I laughed and said no. I just wanted the bread. I later met Allison and Chris for supper. We ate at a nice place which later showed the Spain - Italy game. Allison was ...

... remote with no mains electricity; power came via three diesel generators. No mains water either. Sea water was filtered through the rock and rag coral for showers but it was still very salty, so the hotel provided fresh bottled water in your room each day for cleaning teeth, etc. There was no land-line telephone but they did have wireless internet connection via a tall ...

... to have agreed to something else...but not sure what. I thought originally it was just letting her know if I had any worries the next day. However, the next day, she comes up to me mid morning and with her smile says in swahili 'nakuya' (not sure of the spelling!). This means I'm coming. Not sure what to think if that, I go on reading 'the Dandilion Clock' and decide a little while later that is time for food. I therefore wonder off to the next door hotel and oreder octupus and ...

... het keihard waaide, waardoor er
veel golven waren die dan elke keer lekker zo'n kledder zout water je
snorkelbuis in gooien (SPUTTER!), dus je moet telkens hard uitblazen,
of ik verslikte me weer eens. Ook was het zicht maar zo'n 2 meter door
al het opwarrelende zand.

Maar wel mooie visjes gezien en een grote rode zeester. Sommige visjes
gingen zich heel schattig verstoppen in het koraal maar dan ...