So we left Nungwi and went back to Stonetown. Jill, Taryn and I walked around the town and ran into our friend Dave from Nungwi. We (4) ate a bit at the fish market in Foridani gardens. I (the non fish eater among the group) ate baracuda...and liked it! There was a variety of potatoes, baracuda, crab, shark, mussels, and sweet banana. We then walked to Mercury's which is named for Freddie Mercury of Queen. We listened to some live music but we thought it would be local music instead he sang a medly of Elton John and such. Not exsactly local...ha ha.
The next morning we packed up and went to our new hotel. We found some new area's to shop in. We bought a lot!
That afternoon Jill left us for Dar and then she was off to Moshi. We were down to two. Taryn and I walked about the city and did some sight seeing. We saw some neat sights and learned about the stonetown local history. We made friends with a shop owner who brought us coffee in the store and brought us to his house to use the bathroom. He was a very nice man named Rasheed who ran an antique store. From there we ran into another friend we had made at the fish market and organized a ride on a vespa.
On Tuesday we woke up to pouring rain so we did not get the vespa. We walked about the town again and then went to Prizon Island just off the coast of Zanzibar. We went snorkling until I bumped into a jellyfish (luckly not the tenticles) so I jumped back in the boat only to realize there were no tenticles on the jelly! We went onto the beach then walk into the reserve for the giant tortises. We had an opportunity to feed and pet them...but not ride them (that was posted on many signs there). We had a wonderful time with the tortises and wandering the historical island.
We rode the dhow back and went for dinner. On Wednesday we rode a dala dala (local trucks/buses) to jozani forest. We hung out (excuse the pun) with red colobus monkeys. They were all around us and we had the rare opportunity to see a pregnant one and a new mom with her baby attatched. We found this rare since they only have one baby every 2 years. We took lots of pictures and video of them. Very cool animals. We went for lunch at the forest restaurant which was a 2 hour undertaking! We had a bit of time after to walk through the forest...much a which is overgrown. We also walked to the boardwalk and had to cross part of it what was not yet done...that was dangerous...but fun! We walked a bit of the way back to stonetown but them flagged down another dala dala. We were the only wazungu on the bus and we had many funny looks. We went to our favorite restaurant for dinner (yes we have a favorite already) called the ETC plaza.
Taryn boarded the ferry to Dar this afternoon to get on her plane to Amsterdam. So now there is one...I am the lone mzungu left from 14! Taryn and I had many adventures...and misadventures here and loved every minute of it! Thank you for all of you who have shared our adventures. I have a day and a half left before I head home. I am happy to see familiar faces again but am sad to leave the wonderful country of Tanzania. 'til next time!
Ginger
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Thanks for the updates, Ging! You are doing a great job as team scribe. You're right, I was wondering how the 5 of you were all doing - I appreciate the news :-)
Mama S.
It was great to hear about your travels. The triplets got home safely and are back to our routines, but sometimes I find myself daydreaming and smiling about my wonderful adventure in Tanzania.
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