The Z Hotel Zanzibar

... to leave. We got back to stonetown and had 2 more nights to go, so we booked a small tour to prison island, where we got to pet and feed big tortoises and go snorkelling in the indian ocean. We met a felllow traveller named Bobby from Bulgaria who is travelling for 3 months. We got back to stonetown pretty early, did some shopping om both days, lots of haggling, turned out to be pretty fun!

We also went to the only open slave ...

... half listening and couldn’t really give a hoot. After about 15 minutes of him talking, he asked a few of us to say something to remember us by. It was too late for my brain to work and I was trying to put together a great quote and came up empty. By that point, four of us non-verbally told each other that we wanted to call it a night and go home. We said our nice-to-meet-you’s and left the other six to the mercy of him. I’m sure he was a ...

... Beach Bungalows, seems deserted here. Walked through the village and used the internet before deciding to undertake a PADI Scuba Diver Course – 2 dives in 1 day, half of the Open Water Course – to depths of 12m. Had dinner on the beach beside our hotel. Staying here with Kodai, Jess and Sam.

15th – Full day diving at the eco-dive resort of Mnemba Atoll. Doing this course with Zanzibar Watersports based in our ...

... br>“That’s Emerson. – Of Emerson & Green. Have you heard of it?”

Had I ever.

“He’s also the Festival Director. This is his show. He’s the one who created the whole thing”. The woman’s voice trembled. Was that reverence? I squinted at him, imagining him with a smoking gun in his hand sanding over the body of the Vice President. My Colombo persona was thrown as the red-haired PR woman ...

... out. We went to a place called Africa house with everyone on the tour. The Africa house is a incredible place right on the beach front so we could watch the sun go down over the Indian Ocean. We then headed to the streeet market wehre ou walk around eating local pizza and many local foods. It was an incredible night!!!
Tomorrow we head to more amazing beaches in the north of Zanzibar
Love Robin and Brett
P.S. Patti and Denise we are still alive ! :)

... English really well and helped us find the location for the daladala that we wanted. He told us that we need to be careful because people will try to take our money just because we have white skin. We laughed at this because it happens every time we make a purchase. I said, "I tell people who try to rip us off that if they were to come to our city I would give them a ride or show them directions for free, glad to show off our city." Soon a truck (a daladala is a ¼ ton ...

... will remind them not to worry by saying "hakuna Matata". Africa is a wonderful place to learn... how to be patient. I sat in the Zanair office for 3 hours reading my trashy spy novel. They would offer me coffee and tea and joke how their executive lounge is better than KLM's. Pilots, crew and a slew of other interesting people came and went. Some were even crew of other airlines stopping by for a free cup of tea and with the tea usually came ...

... a real treat. We did some basic shopping; buying rice, pasta, eggs, water, vegs, but we also needed some meat. Bente had told us, which local butcher to go to and also told us to go in the morning - so we did. We bought a 1kg roast and then had it minced (again on the advice of Bente); apparently the normal mince sometimes have bone fragments in it. We ended up with some high quality mince, however the smell in the ...

... my distress signaling was seen by a passing speedboat and they fished me out of the water and returned me to the boat. Unsurprisingly, I sat out for the second dive and chilled on the boat in the sunshine, drinking another rehydration sachet and thanking my lucky stars. So, the moral of the story is chronic ***** + diving = low body salts, high risk of cramp and drowning.....yeah, won't be doing that one again.....from now on I'll only dive feeling 100%!