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| Collecting spices in Zanzibar |
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| Dar es Salaam |
After the big move, I spent a week relaxing in Tanzania with
a group of volunteers (and an honorary volunteer!). Our first stop was in Dar
es Salaam, the economic capital of Tanzania. I was surprised to find very
little in the city and felt it was comparatively less developed than Kigali –
It’s funny how you become possessive over a place….I found myself saying “Well,
it’s not like this in Rwanda” quite often!
After Dar, we got a ferry over to Zanzibar, to the main port, Stonetown.
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| Ferry to Zanzibar - VIP Lounge |
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| Looking back at Dar from the ferry |
This was a far more appealing place to me; tiny little windy
alleyways full of small trinket shops and jewellery stores, lovely boutique
hotels with rooftop views for watching the sunset and a plethora of restaurants
including a Swahili place where we ate sitting on cushions on the floor at a
low table.
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| Penthouse apartment in Stonetown |
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| Swahili dining |
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| Night market |
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| Typical Zanzibari buildings |
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| The local beers - Safari and Kili |
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| Ferry from mainland to Zanzibar |
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| Sun setting from beautiful rooftop bar |
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| Happy Hour! |
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| Rather cool bar called 'The Post' |
From Stonetown, we also took a trip out to a rural area where we
were able to explore a spice plantation and sample some of the plants growing
there.
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| grapefruit skin |
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| Vanilla |
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| Climbing the tree for coconuts |
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| DSTV gets everywhere - and I had never heard of it before going to Africa! |
The final location on our whistle-stop adventure was the
beach where I spent two days swimming happily in the sea (many of you know I am
a water baby), sunbathing (Or rainbathing to be more accurate) and enjoying
massages from the beach-side massage parlour. It was the perfect break to help me
relax and prepare for the new challenges post-VSO.
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| Our gorgeous room on the beach |
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| Kendwa Rocks resort |
