We started our journey right after finishing up with the community service work. I was a little nervous about the plane - more than usual actually (probably the mefloquine making me paranoid). It was a 10 or 12 seater single engine plane - I was literally right behind the pilot which was pretty cool.
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| The plane we took to Zanzibar from Tanga - a little scary |
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| Sitting right behind the pilot - we were snapping pictures like crazy and he was such a good sport about it |
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| The plane held no more than 12 passengers - one of them actually had to sit in the co-pilot seat! |
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| View of the landing strip in Zanzibar |
Thank goodness it was only 1/2 hour flight! We arrived in Zanzibar and immediately took a taxi into Stone Town, where we spent the entire weekend.
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| Stone Town |
We went to all the main sites - checked out the Forodhani Park with hundreds of vendors selling fesh seafood, miskhaki and kuku choma.
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| Forodhani Park in the evening - it was so happening. Definitely the place to be after sunset |
We then went to Prisoner's Island to see some massive turtles! Saw the building where prisoners would have been held (if the prison was complete - it actually didn't end up being used)
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| This Turtoise was 155 years old! |
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| The Prisoners Building on Prisoner's Island |
Right around the prisoners' building, we saw this beautiful peacock that spread it's wings for a lady friend that was close by. It was beautiful! The first time I have seen one with the wings spread like that! The picture definitely doesn't do it justice!
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| A male Peacock trying to get attention of a lady friend |
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| Rebel group #2 (newest member Kalpana - middle left) |
We ended our evening watching the sunset on a little private island not far from the Serena Hotel. Apparently this is the Island where the Aga Khan (leader of the Muslim-Shia-Ismaili faith and major benefactor in East Africa) goes to pray when he visits. I can understand why - we literally felt like we were alone on the edge of the earth! It was just amazing...
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| Sunset on the white sand Island |
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| Sunset coming back into Stone Town |
I'm not sure when I'll be back to this part of the world, so am so glad that I was able to experience Zanzibar again!
Only one week left!
Michelle, sounds like you had a fantastic weekend! Glad to see the team has recovered from the illness and enjoying the last few days in Tanzania. Can't wait to hear about the final presentations!
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