http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Tanzania , Pemba en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:19:13 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:19:13 +0000 Slowing down calming down and blowing bubbles.....After the totally hectic dash to get to the plane fly through what remained of the night and get to Kenya to hop on another plane quick smart to head to Dar having completely forgotten there are direct flights to Zanzibar which would have saved 150 or so in flights then a taxi transfer to Terminal 1 for a ZanAir flight to ChakeChake in Pemb http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/Wete/blog-438543.html The aircraft lined up on the end of the runway. The pilot was making sure that every inch of Pembarsquos 5000ft runway was available to him. ldquoPemba tower this is 5 hotel delta alfa kilo. Twenty six souls on board destination Zanzibar flight level two fiverdquoldquoAlfa kilo Pemba tower confirmed Zanzibar flight level two fiverdquoThe balding Pilot turned to his bald co pilot an http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-424650.html Dear Readers and friends of Pembait is hard for me to write this as of course there will be some negative connotations attatched to this blog. But those of you who read this blog on a regular basis will know that I live on Pemba and that I am contantly in awe of the incredible and unspoiled underwater environment that exists here on our paradise island. True we do have our problems and yes tru http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-422097.html When our Boeing 747400 slammed down onto the runway at Heathrow we were roused from our semi sleep. Cisca and I now had to get to Birmingham with all of our kit for the Birmingham Dive Show. We had enjoyed the US but now it was time to get back to work. We spent two days talking to potential Pemba Divers and old friends who dropped by to say hello and sample our beer. When the show ended it was http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/Wete/blog-359587.html How do you even begin to describe the events and time spent these past few weeks on Misali Incredible for one. We spent the final week of our time on the island sleeping on the beach because so many rats had chewed into our tent that it was no longer fun to even try to sleep. We must have been quite the scenehellip4 girls all wrapped up like cocoons to avoid the swarms of sand flies that were a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-309588.html OK here is the email that apparently no one got last week. I have a new one coming as well either tonight or tomorrow... Hello everyone So I guess this is a long tidbit...but only part of the story I am alive and doing ok I have had an infected finger but it is getting better and loving life on Misali We have been here for over two weeks now and have 5 more days to bask in the sun. My res http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-309586.html Hello all I managed to find an internet cafe that was open during our restocking run on Thursday to Chake Chake Horray I am a bit pressed for time but will try to cram as much in this email as I can. We left Stone Town on Monday by ferry at about 9 am. It was pouring in stone town the short monsoon season has started and got totally soaked going the 50 feet from the taxi to the waiting area http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-309585.html Wow...how can I even attempt to write about the past week in an email Prepare yourself for a super long one that will not even begin to skim the surface of the events of the past week. I spent the last 8 days on the island of Pemba the sister island to Unguja that makes up Zanzibar. We flew over and immediately moved into our host family homes. After the decent but not wonderful experience of t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-309580.html The rains have come to Pemba but not quite to us. Thunder booms and rumbles to our south. The sky is filled with heavy clouds but the sun beats down on us relentlessly. We have officially closed. Our last guests a splendid pair of birdwatchers from Canada departed this morning. We have started packing up and the dive centre and kayaks are all inside the building. Stuart has been pulling gearbox http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/Wete/blog-266752.html The days have flown by and in two short days the Chepstow branch of the anti corruption unit will be off to Zanzibar for a night and then back to Chepstow via switzerland. In the short time since they have arrived we have only caught two fish. One was a small Tuna and the other a blue fin trevally. Bonefish and dorado have come round to say hello and then left us without a bite. In fact our eff http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/Wete/blog-260711.html In a few short days the entire face of Swahili Divers and the Kervan Saray Beach lodge have been changed by the arrival of the ldquoanti corruption unitrdquo. A force of five to seven workers who hail from the Island of Jersey where corruption was invented and South Wales. where fishing is still practiced. Still refusing to pay bribes the team valiantly fix boats install intercoms mend http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/Wete/blog-257100.html Dear friends Greetings from Pemba the emerald Island that sits in clear deep blue water. We are only 30 Nautical Miles off the coast of Africa and yet we live in a different world. I have been sending out Haber News letters for some time now and yet I feel that we are loosing something. There is indeed a power to the written word but nothing beats a photo. I toyed with sending out word docu http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/Wete/blog-253340.html I feel activated... synergised.. . alive here... i return to england and part of me is left behind... part of me dies... the magical splendours infinite spaces and possibilities fire my imagination and stir my soul...when i feel i am in africa i feel as if ive come home after a long abscence...its as if i can begin again to breathe to be aware of my spirit as if it is the very air i take in http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-220767.html Diving in PembanbspAfrica raquonbspTanzania raquonbspPemba By NaddlMay 31st 2007 so hab mal wieder ein paar Minuten Zeit ein paar Bilder zu posten diesmal von unserem Trip nach Pemba zu meinem Geburtstag also auch schon wieder ein paar Tage her..... Der 30. ganz ohne viel Wirbel zu zweit zum relaxen und vor Allem zum tauchen Bungalow mit Blick auf den Indischen Ozean schlafen b http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-164373.html J' tais craintif de venir plonge ici Pemba. Les guides dcrivaient les sites comme suit....it's like a video game and if you visit a cave be sure shure to see everything before come out after that it's like a washing machine in spin cycle.... Maintenant je peux vous dire que j' ai eu de la chance car les dix jours de plonges une journe seulememt a t avec faible courrant. Exceptionnelle http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-131503.html Je n' ai pas le temps de tout vous crire les photos parlent d' ellesmmes Je vous invite dont voyager par les yeux. Vous aurez bien la chance de me lire j' y compte bien. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-131295.html Pemba l' le aux odeurs de clou de girofles et de cannelle. Lorsque nous revenions la fin de la journe de notre plonge endormie sur les roulis du Dow bteau typique de cette rgion moi ce qui me rveillais tait cette brise venant de l'le charg d' effluve exotique nous pouvions dire Je sens la rentre... http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-124829.html Excuse the pics they don't do justice from actually being there My wife and I travelled to one of the most remote regions of Tanzania off the beaten path on the east coast of the Indian Ocean from Dar es Salaam translated means Abode of Peace to an island called Pemba one of the two main Zanzibar Islands. Zanzibar translated from the persian ZendjiBar means 'land of blacks.' No surprise http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-55738.html On Friday I headed back to Tanga spent a few hours there getting the last of my stuff together and visiting Sarah who has been really ill in hospital with malaria. Then I flew out to Pemba where I met up with Charlotte at Swahili Divers. Donrsquot get me wrong I didnrsquot even intend to go to Pemba but I couldnrsquot get a flight to Zanzibar straight away so I thought Irsquod spend a c http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-14365.html After one more overnight stay in Dar es Salaam we headed North for another night in Tanga. It was nice to be familiar with the place upon arrival. After a 9hour uneventful bus ride we arrived at 9 pm and had our choice of taxis. As it turned out our driver was instrumental to our functioning over the next couple of days. We went back to the Inn By The Sea otherwise referred to as the lsquo http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Pemba/blog-3963.html