http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Tanzania , Zanzibar en-us Tue, 10 Nov 09 10:04:37 +0000 Tue, 10 Nov 09 10:04:37 +0000 Hello all We arrived safe in Tanzania yesterday and got the ferry over to Zanzibar this morning. It's hard to describe how tired we are after the 4.30am start this morning 8 hour flight to Doha 1 hour transfer and the 5 and a half hour flight from Doha to Dar Es Salaam. We slept very little on the plane because Qatar airline was fantastic and provided around 1000 entertainment options FREE al http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Zanzibar-City/blog-446943.html After a couple more days of long driving we arrived on the coast of Tanzania in Dar Es Salaam in order to get the ferry over to Zanzibar. Zanzibar was amaaaaaazing. We spent a night in Stonetown which is the main town on the island. It is full of narrow streets lined with touristy shops with people trying to drag you into them looking is free I give you good price hakuna matata... W http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Nungwi/blog-446301.html I felt it was time to write a new blog entry now its been awhile. Wee still on Zanzibar and frankly we haven done too much the last couple of weeks. Well we did go on a little adventure the last few days but first things first.As I mentioned in an earlier blog entry we met some locals who helped us with everything from accomodation to swahili lessons Arif gave us lessons for a couple of hou http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/blog-445751.html Natural tidal turtle poolDuring our stay in Nungwi we took a stroll along the beach past the boat builders and came accross a sign advertising a natural aquarium. Our interest was peeked and after paying a small fee we entered an enclosure where 17 turtles of all sizes up to 100kg had been resqued from nets where they had been entangled and put into this tidal pool where they are kept safe and f http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Nungwi/blog-445724.html Langi LangiWe arrived at Langi Langi our waterfront resort in the north west of the island early afternoon where we were to spend the next seven night of our dive holiday. The water was crystal clear and came right under the restaurant deck. Dhows with sunset cruises were intermingled with the fishing boats at anchor in the water at high tide. As the sun slowly sank into the distant horizon the o http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Nungwi/blog-445411.html Zanzibar here we comeHaving previously joined a number of exotic diving holidays with Pro Dive in Port Elizabeth South Africa it was with excitement that our trip to Zanzibar loomed. This time I was going with my family Julie my wife and Emma my thirteen year old daughter to experience the fun of the spice island off Tanzania.Leaving Port Elizabeth on Friday we were obliged to stay in a friendl http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Nungwi/blog-445122.html So Alice and I have been here in Zanzibar on the northwest coast since wednesday and it's absolutely brilliant It's pure paradise. I love it The sea is so bluegreen and the sand is so white it's like flour. The days we've had here have been amazing.. We live in a small hut with 2 double beds and a bathroom with flushing toilet and a shower The shower is amazing after only using buckets for http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Nungwi/blog-442679.html Dear allMe and my friend left from Rome the 22nd of September 2009 with the air company Air Italy. we stopped in Verona and then directly to Zanzibar. I booked a week at the Coral Reef Resort an hotel situated in the northeast side of the island of Zanzibar more or less 50 minutes driving form the Capital Stone Town.The hotel is not so big and its confortable also if is simple.. we met a l http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/blog-442411.html I canrsquot believe that I started climbing the mountain almost 3 weeks ago Things started out great. I met 2 of my team mates in the Amsterdam Airport and immediately we hit it off. Don from Cornwall Ontario is everything you would expect from a Construction Working French Canadian Nurse. He had tons of energy and was always in good spirits. Michael James became like a little brother h http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Zanzibar-City/blog-442375.html 99 189Our 7 hour bus trip from Arusha to the coast was going relatively smoothly well as much as is possible in Tanzania helliplots of unsurfaced roads driving on the other side for no apparent reason and hair raising overtaking until just outside Tanga when the bus gave up the ghost. We waited for a while but lost faith in the guy wielding a rusty looking wrench so decided to jump on a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Nungwi/blog-441301.html Hi here are some pics so you can see what we have been up to... http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Zanzibar-City/blog-439828.html Well you will be pleased to hear we arrived safely in Tanzania The flights were really good but very long I forgot how long 12 hours in a plane actually is luckily we got to spread out over 4 seats so took turns sleeping.Flying into South Africa was strange for me. It brought back all sorts of memories of flying out as a child of 8 like 100 years ago. Part of me felt like I was coming home http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/blog-437685.html Ate 84 delicious curries in a row before being ill after opting for a lsquowestern dishrsquo guinea pig for 1 GBP Christmas Day lunch at a street stall luke warm bee grubs steak with red wine for a monthhellip beautifulAvoided other travellers as much as we could telling people what I did for a living malariahellip I hope the worst of the recessionhellip I hope not a lot else http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/blog-434223.html Hey GuysSo we've departed Malawi and have promised ourselves to come back since we both enjoyed it so much the people as well as the lake. Our travel plans were going to be a full day overland trip from Malawi to Mbeya Tanzania via any vehicle with wheels possible Once in Mbeya we met up with Allan our friend from Malawi and got ourselves a second class cabin on the Tazara Train to Dar es Sa http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Zanzibar-City/blog-432952.html Read a lot this year as you do with so much extra time and without the criteria of lsquosomething escapist for the tubersquo. Think that this might be interesting for me only to look back on but do have any case it is of interest to anyone short of something to read a top five to recommend Top Five Reads in no orderThe Gate Francois Bizot Written twenty years after his personal experi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/blog-431827.html Lahdin varhain sunnuntaiaamuna bussilla kohti Dar Es Salaamia. Mayalla vei minut bussipysakille ja saattoi oikeaan bussiin. Bussi meni Shingidan Dodoman ja Morogoron kautta. Bussimatka kesti vahan yli 15 tuntia... Lonely Planet ei suositellut tuota reittia mutta suurelta osin tie oli ihan hyva kuntoinen eika bussin kyydissa tarvinnut pelata. Mayalan serkku oli vastassa Dar Es Salaamissa. Olin ai http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Zanzibar-City/blog-429961.html After the excitement and adreneline of the big game parks our next destination promises a welcome chance for a bit of r and r and some oldfashioned sun worshipping the spice island of Zanzibar.We drive to the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam taking an evening dip in the Indian Ocean before taking the ferry the next morning to the main island Unguja. Arriving at Stone Town is like arriving o http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/blog-429434.html Day 9 Zanzibar Stone Town 7809Woke up today by the sound of rain drops on the tents. Great Got up got dressed and took the tents down in the rain. We were on the truck by 0630 headed for Dar Es Salaam we were chased all day by a really dark cloud. Eventually after 9 hours of driving we reached Dar. Moses gave us 2 hours to wonder round Dar. I went off with Duncan and Cat we simply dec http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Zanzibar-City/blog-427121.html Die letzte Woche unseres Trips hat begonnen und wir sind einfach nur traurig. Zur Aufmunterung erfuellte ich mir daher einen langehegten Traum. Wir gingen nach Zanzibar.Von Dar Es Salaam nahmen wir die 3stuendige Faehre nach Stone Town auf Zanzibar. Das war eher ein Alptraum dieses kleine Schaukelboot zur Erinnerung Schiffe mag ich gar nicht v.a. wenn sie wackeln. Aber wir kamen gut an und http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/blog-424150.html After two weeks of waking up before the sun to carry sloshing 18litre buckets of water on our heads to fill the big blue water bucket after calluses and blood blisters and even a scorpion bite incurred as what was an empty field in the Shamba countryside became a building Zanzibar was what most would dfine as paradise pristine white beaches and clear turquoise ocean groves of palm trees wavi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Kendwa/blog-422932.html