1st week of my long journey and it feels like ages since I departed for Africa. A long hop from Sydney to Jo'burg, SA, a step north to Dar Es Salem, Tanzania and jump east on ferry to Zanzibar. Firstly it was great to see Ralph after a few months apart and yes he was clean, well fed and handsome as ever (add a few more whiskers than I had ever known). Ralph and I spent three days in historic Isalmic Stone Town famous for its miriad of narrow stone foot paths, amongst historic centuries old Indian/Turkish style buildings. We spent a few days walking through the town, it's market places and its museums, asmpling street merchant food. We enjoyed Tanzanian pizza (vegetable omelette or banana choc crepe), Indian curry and samosa, BBQ prawns, BBQ beef
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