The day after Simon's birthday, the 23rd, we spent the day lazing on the beach at Zanzibar. We went for a walk down the beach to the lighthouse and turtle sanctuary, and were approached by a local guy called Moses who chatted with us and told us about his brother who lived in Coventry! Amy taught him a new English phrase - "lovely jubbly", much to our amusement. In the evening we had dinner at the local restaurant, the Fat Fish, although the waiter trie...

Well we're in Zanzibar now and it's such a nice break! No chores, no putting up tents - luxury! I'll carry on where I left off last time - on Friday 18th we visited the Ngorongoro Crater (so named because it's the noise the Masai cow bells make!), and then in the evening after about 10 hours of game driving, we went back to our campsite where we watched some local youngsters doing some traditional dancing and singing, which was really good - we bought a copy of ...