Wow! I am really enjoying Zanzibar. The sunset I left you for last time was beautiful, and the drinks were tasty. Enjoyed the spice tour. Got to see many plants from which our common spices come, as well as some new ones. And we got to taste many fresh fruits grown on the farm as well. Then we arrived in Nungwi at the north. This is my first time seeing and swimming in a turquoise, tropical ocean. I spent the first afternoon just lolloing about in the oce...

Jambo! I now find myself on the island of Zanzibar. Looking forward to a spice tour tomorrow morning. We've already had lunch in a nice Indian restaurant and I had a curry with saffron in it. Apparently this is the place to buy saffron and vanilla. During the first half of our trip I couldn't believe we were in Africa. Namibia and Botswana are still like colonial countries - lots of white people and many of the comforts of home. But all that changed when we...