Hey allemaal We zijn na een vlucht van 50 minuten veilig aangekomen op zanzibar een mooi eiland, we verblijven in een relaxd resort aan het strans :P. We gaan morgen snorkelen en zwemmen. Mathijs voelt zich alleen niet zo lekker maar dat heeft iedereen hier wel een keer. We vermaken ons verder goed. veel groetjes Ivo en de rest [View Full Entry]

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After an absolutely rank ferry crossing involving lots of sick bags, I finally made it to Zanzibar! The locals say it's freezing - it's 27 degrees! I am SO stressed out deciding between freshly squeezed passion fruit or mango juice, foot or hand massage, head and shoulders or full body massage, and can I really be bothered to go for a dip in the sea? The sand is white, the sea is turquoise, the fish is delicious and fresh out of the fishing boats, the beer is ice cold and the cocktails are cheap! And in case you're wondering I'm only [View Full Entry]

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Mambo! Endlich hab ich mal wieder Zeit zum mailen / schreiben, aber die letzten Wochen waren sehr busy (hab taeglich den Freischwimmer gemacht, wie passend... irgendwie kein grosser Unterschied zum arbeiten in MUC, nur die Aussicht ist NOCH schoener!) und irgendwie konnte ich mich nicht so recht aufraffen. Ein grosses sorry an alle denen ich (noch) nicht auf die mails geantwortet habe. Bin uebrigens wieder ueber meine Kempi Email erreichbar. Wahnsinn wie schnell die Zeit vergeht, bin schon 7 Wochen hier und mir kommts irgendwie auch schon viiieeel laenger vor. Und weiterhin alles / alle se [View Full Entry]

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It’s relatively expensive but local buses are inconvenient to track down. I am on a tourist minibus driving across the island of Unguja, commonly known as Zanzibar, to the east coast. Blame the Omanis. Before I first set foot in Africa I once worked in the Sultanate of Oman. In centuries past, Arab dhows traded in ivory, slaves and later in spices up and down the Swahili coast. Zanzibar fell under the control of Oman in 1698 and grew to become a great seat of power in the region. Out of this shared history, modern Oman has gathered a high percentage [View Full Entry]

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Well, here is what has happened in the last five or six days. The second last night in Kendwa, Ryan got a fever followed by other symptoms of Malaria. When we got back into Stone Town it was confirmed by the doctor that it was Malaria, and that he needed to take meds. It was only 50 cents Canadian to visit the doctor, and about $5 for the meds... makes me wonder why im paying $6 per anti-Malarial pill (Malarone) which I take one every single day Im here. Anyways, after getting settled back into the Pyramid hotel in Stone Town, [View Full Entry]

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Well, my last update left us on Zanzibar, but we decided to head back to Stone Town after last weekend. Stone Town is an old section of town from the days of Arab occupation and contributes to a big part of Zanzibar town. We checked into our old hotel and then setup a meeting with Jordan, Georgina and Maurice. For those of you who didn't know, Georgina and Maurice are my aunt and uncle. We took them to a restaurant we like called the Archipelago Cafe. I managed to introduce them to my best discovery in months: Sticky date pudding. We [View Full Entry]

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The Malarial Experience: Due to my unfortunate run in with malaria my time back in Stone Town was rather uneventful. While I did make it out every odd day, for the most part I was just lying in bed (thanks to Louisa and Laura for stopping by and bringing some cake) while the home-land defence force, supported by anti-malarials, waged war against the invading malaria forces. The bulk of their forces seem to have been neutralized, but random strikes continue to keep my troops on their toes making for some trying and close calls. For those of you who don't know [View Full Entry]

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Touts: Wow, what a difference Tanzania has been compared to the rest of the African countries. Touts, touts and more touts. For those of you who don't know, a tout is a guy on the street who approaches you trying to sell you tours, boat tickets, bus tickets, prostitutes, drugs, or any other item that he thinks you are willing to buy...It started as soon as we made it to the river separating Tanzania and Mozambique, when, as Jas described, the owners of the boats fought each other over which one of them was going to take us across and try [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Zanzibar in the late afternoon on Thursday, July 6th. Ryan's connections with the chef at Chef's Pride, in Dar had arranged for us to be picked up from the port and directed to a nice hotel in the middle of Stone Town called the Pyramid Hotel. After checking in we explored the area, and ate a late lunch. Later in the evening we checked out the fish markets which had an assortment of fish, octopus, squid, crab, lobster and much more that had been caught fresh that day and was cooked right in front of you. Early the [View Full Entry]

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It's been almost 32 crazy but amazing days since we last updated this blog, half of the truck have now left us and we are gaining about 10 new people as we make our way to Malawi, our next destination. We are currently on the tropical island of Zanzibar, on a strech of coast called Kendwa beach. Yesterday we went snorkelling and saw multicoloured coral and hundreds of tropical fish; we then dined on fresh seafood. We are in paradise! So much has happened since we last wrote that we're gonna whiz through a description of the last month so you [View Full Entry]

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