After a 9 hour flight we have arrived at Amsterdam. All in all we have been traveling for 16 hrs, we lifted the apartment at 17.30hrs arrived at Dar es Salaam airport at 19.00hrs. Our flight was good I think we both slept most of it, we are now having a few beers and looking around the shops to kill time as we have a 5hr wait for our flight to Bristol. I shall gather all my thoughts of our adventure and will put it on my blog in the next day or two. For now I...

Breakfast was cooked by the dada and chef, they do so much cooking I do wonder how much they think we eat. Osward one of our drivers picked us up and took us to some local shops, it’s still difficult to get my head around what they call shops as we would call them markets. There was lots of bartering to be done, all we could hear was hello, your welcome, come in, we didn’t know which way to turn. They have some beautiful gifts, I could of spent all day lo...

We were told to be ready for pick up at 9.30 as they have a surprise for us. we are just getting use to Tanzanian time it was after 12.30 when furaha came to collect us, she took us for lunch at hotel Serena, it was very posh, Gary and I was a little embarrassed as everyone was dressed up and then there was the two of us in shorts and T-shirts

We were picked up around 8oclock andWe haven't any internet so cannot use WhatsApp we were to be picked up at 9.30 but don't know if we have received any messages drove to Bagamoyo which is a town founded at the end of 18th century. This is where the slave auctions took place. The oil from Zanzibar is delivered here by boat then transported around. It’s a small town population 50,000 very poor. They too have a place called stone town, we had a wonder around ...

It really is like paradise here, it’s extremely hot and for me I am managing to sit and enjoy the glorious surrounding, reflecting on our adventure, wow what a time we have shared, such an amazing experience. Although we have done a lot of traveling it’s been great to see all what has been going on in different places, each island has had similarities yet they have had their own disguised differences. We have met many different people and religions, their r...