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Crazy Mzungos
Left Stone Town on a local Dalla Dalla with Sonia and Dave from the Spice Tour and Rose's massive bunch of lychees. Rose fed a baby a lychee but didn't tell it not to eat the seedy...Don\t know how they fit so many chickens, goats and people on these buses but they manage too!! we arrived at Crazy Mzungos ( which means crazy white person) it was …
Twisted Palms and THE ROCK
... pick us up and drive us back to our hotel. We decided that we didn't quite want this evening to end yet, so we grabbed a couple of drinks and went to sit on the beach. There was a big hammock and we tried to both balance in it, which was quite the mission and probably not the most comfortable idea, but it was fun and we just laughed as we tried to balance, trying to avoid getting too much sand on us and our drinks. How peaceful life can be.... It was a perfect evening with my perfect ...
Turtles & dhows & slave chambers & fish market
... like a Somalian. Must be something to it though since we had such a time yesterday getting through the barrier.
As we are leaving the government building we are passing the old dhow harbor. Must have been one of the original harbors to the city because this government building was also the first hotel on the island. The tide is currently out so the dhows ...
Paradise, last day
So far today, I've had breakfast, watched the dudes rake the beach and walked on the sandbar for a couple of hours. With the kids back in school, it's like having my own private beach to walk on. Collected more shells and probably extended my burn to further reaches. Hard to tell. One of the most frustrating things about this part of the world is food. You can go to the same restaurant every day, like I do, and even order the same thing, but ...
Tell tale tail ...
... were playing leap frog on a log, and the rest of the troupe were swinging from tree to tree in a wonderful acrobatic display right in front of us. Cirque Soleil eat your heart out.
Birdlife here seems less than exciting though. There are lots of sparrows or suchlike, one pair desperate to increase the population under the poolside coconut umbrellas, a swallow or two skimming the pool as they whip past, grey headed crowlike birds (dead ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Beach
- Free parking
- Kids activities or Babysitting