I am having a party with my ladies tomorrow so may or may not get another chance to blog and then there’s the packing and the other saying goodbye and crying and all that jazz.
Have no fear though because I will be uploading pictures and the entries from my paper travel journal as well…yuou have been warned!
So I haven’t blogged much about Zanzibar yet. This is largely because it was SO nice and SO lovely that you wouldn’t believe me if I told you: think Bounty advert without the annoying and not-very-nice-tasting coconut chocolate.
I ate my bodyweight in seafood (fooling myself somewhat that fish and fruit and veg is incredibly healthy – yes I know this is the diet of supermodels but they probably don’t have a seafood platter which is made up of a whole crab, a whole lobster, a whole something else that looked a bit like a lobster, some octopus and tiger prawns!)
Also Zanzibar people (Zanzibarbarians possibly?) do not shout “mzungu” at every passing white person (it would take up most of the day given the number of tourists) which is refreshing. It was very odd being a tourist though. Can’t really put my finger on why, I suppose it’s because I’ve been away but not a tourist for quite a long time now.
Anyway, top tips for Zanzibar:
if you can try to take all luggage out of Zanzibar as hand luggae (it means sacrificing the remnants of your sunscreen but saves you no end of hassle).
lots of tourist shops in Stone Town means low prices – so do your shopping here.
don’t too many of you go at once as it will get all over run with tourists (including towel wielding Germans – I kid you not).
So it rained this morning and rather British rain I have to say…started off as a sort of fine drizzle and then got just that bit heavier to leave you absolutely soaked in just a couple of minutes. I think it’s just trying to remind me that I’ll be back to English sludgy weather all too soon (mind you might get clean feet which will be a bonus – my feet were actually clean in Zanzibar: well clean of red mud and instead covered in a fine layer of sand!)
