Have you ever gone and done something that you never thought you would find yourself doing in a million years? This last week was that week for me…..Especially since it was just last year that I finally got in the ocean without being in a constant state of panic as I imagine sharks being all around in every direction I turn, as we began taking the kids to go snorkeling on our trips to Tanga. Psalm 104:25 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small. Well, Brent & I decided [View Full Entry]

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Well, I have to say, Noel and I debated about going to Zanzibar before Kenya, and we are glad we came! Although it is rainy season, the weather has been absolutely wonderful for us here in Zanzibar. We stayed in a little village on the East Coast of the Island called Jambiani. The villagers were all very nice people, and the children absolutely adorable. We stayed in nice little bungaloes on the beach, with kids playing in between them, cats coming to chill out, and goats eating our plants. Truly marvelous. On our first day we went down to the South [View Full Entry]

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From the great savanna till spice iceland We got all we expected from this trip and more. During our three week vacation we came close to impressive animals (real close), met wonderful people, saw the biggest slum in Africa, fed turtles, lerned how spices look in nature, were awoken by lion roaring, learned about the masai culture, and much more. [View Full Entry]

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As a child you hear the name Zanzibar and you think of the exotic spice islands of the Indian Ocean...beautiful beaches.....(but you have to say Zanzibar with more of a whisper in your voice...like Zaaannnzibarrrr....did you put a whisper in your voice? Try again...... I wish you had some cymbals to crash after that...anyway, you get my point.). Now a-days you hear that many people are making Zanzibar a honeymoon destination because of all of the beaches and culture. Our expectations going in were very high..... ....so we started our journey to Zanzibar back in Arusha, Tanzania. After [View Full Entry]

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Le nom ' Zanzibar' a toujours sonné doux à mes oreilles, synonyme de contrées lointaines et exotiques... Le rêve est devenu réalité et 'l'île aux épices', comme elle est communément appelée par tous les voyageurs, nous a vraiment comblés ! Imaginez plusieurs mondes se télescopant ; un fond d'Afrique, une touche de culture portuguaise, beaucoup d'influence arabique et perse, le tout enrobé par les saveurs de l'Inde... Et vous obtenez une île aux longues plages paradisiaques de sable blanc, où la plongée en bouteille est fantastique, avec toute une ribambelle de palmiers, cocotiers, de planta [View Full Entry]

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Here is the Zanzibar highlights video we made for the Kumuka group, and the full recording of Butterfly the Coconut Man. Enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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hey! i have the motorcycle now, it is an old chinese knock-off bike, a 125cc, the brakes are good. everything seems good, it has been inspected by a mechanic, and even though the mechanic had no shop, just a tin roof and a screw driver, no shirt, grey beard, sitting in a squat, things are done here more by instinct that certified knowledge, he could tell what was in order and what was not by tapping the screwdriver against the engine casing. down at the registry three old woman squatting on the dirt in an unlit cave beside an ancient typewriter [View Full Entry]

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hey, i was going to head back to dar es salaam and go up and check out mt kilimanjaro and do a safari, but i feel like it would be chickening out, also it is recomended to visit mozambique in may to july which is when i would be going through, so i am going to get the bike. in this way i will get a good taste of things and skip out on things that have already been tasted! no other real news... reading books and sitting around and being a bum, jasper [View Full Entry]

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hello, i have been socked in out on the east coast these past day by heavy rain and foul weather generally. jambiani is a small village where once grand european hotels stood along the coast and the powder white sand but now have been reduced to crumbling wrecks. when it rains, which it has done every day, the sand turns to mud and the locals get wet and i run for cover. in the morning a spooky blanket of mist makes walking through ancient village ruins of goats and weather beaten women like something from a dream and every morning i [View Full Entry]

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17.04.2008 Pemba to Zanzibar Yesterday, was a day of waiting. We packed our final personal items, packed our stuff, and waited for the minibus to take us to the airport. There is a major fuel shortage in Pemba and so we all had to go into one minibus. Stuart and Emma, (our managers) were flying out first, so the rest of us waited in the Old Mission Lodge. We ate some chapatis and strange spring rolls while waiting for our flights. The Zanair let410 landed gracefully but late, on 5000ft long runway and rolled out. The sun was low in the [View Full Entry]

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