Well, the R&R part of my vacation has finally arrived, and I'm sure it will fly by and I'll be home in no time! From Arusha Barb and I went to the Usambara Mountains for 2 days and stayed in a small village called Lushoto. One day we went on a guided hike to a nice lookout point and also to a pretty waterfall for some swimming. The water was very cold and I was the only one brave enough to swim over to the fall. We saw quite a few chameleons along the way, and they were fun to play with. The second day we took a tour to a tea factory, passing tea plantations along the way. The whole process of making tea was pretty interesting, and we got to drink tea and take some home with us. I'm hoping I'll have room in my bag!
On Friday morning we caught the 6 o'clock bus to Dar, and would have arrived by noon if we hadn't broken down. It was bound to happen as all of my other bus rides have been fairly smooth. The bus had 8 wheels at the back, 4 on each side, and after an hour of waiting on the side of the road, we continued on with only 6 wheels! We caught the 2:30 ferry over to Zanzibar, and made it in time to have supper in a beach-side restaurant watching the sunset. There isn't actually much to do in Stonetown itself, so we wandered around and hit all the tourist shops on the first day, went to a small museum, then had supper in the Forodhani Gardens. This is the local fish market where they cook up the day's catch. I don't care much for seafood, but I
figured I should at least try some....and it turns out I like quite a bit! I had lobster, shrimp, red snapper, blue marlin, swordfish, shark, tuna, barracuda, octopus, squid, and crab! I think I've sampled everything they sell (see picture). Yesterday we took a spice tour to see how all the different kinds of spices grow. It was very interesting. We also saw some Persian bath ruins, a slave cave where slaves were kept, and then spent an hour at a beach. Today we are off to Prison Island, just a 1/2 hour boat ride from Stonetown, and I'm excited because there are giant tortoises there! Tomorrow we're off to the east coast for some nice quiet beaches, and hopefully some sun!
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When do you come home?
We are on the island of Samos and we are so bored of beach life.. and its only been 4 days... today we didnt even go to the beach because the sun is so hot and draining.. nice hot picture of you in your bikini!!!! I wouldn't even touch the food on that market stall restaurant.. so your braver than I!!!! Also i thought we were seafood haters together.. how dare you!! Well see you soon we get into edmonton on the 27th.. just 5 days left of adventure.
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