Oh what a joyous day... i'm hungover, my camera has a 'lens error', and i have to pack all my stuff together for the next 2 weeks. You see I'm leaving the hospital in pursuit of scuba diving, monkeys, dolphins, Nungwi (of course!), beaches etc. which promises to much more fun than standing on a ward round with twenty tanzanian medical students until every single person has examined every patient. Tiring... Went to a club called Dharma Lounge last night which was...

Imagine... You're lying on the beach, the sun is directly overhead and the air is a scorching 34 degrees. White sands stretch for miles on either direction and the sea is a turquoise blue colour. The water is 29 degrees and you can wade out for 100m and still only have it come up to your knees. The wind is blowing from the North carrying a cooling breeze and the coconut palms are swaying back and forward with it, making a relaxing sound. You can see and hear the...

Still alive and well! Thoroughly enjoying the sun, sand and sea! Went to Mbweni beach just south of stone town for my first sunbathing session since I got here - some of the medical students who're here with Work the World live there. It was cool but not really in comparison to Kendwa where we went for the 'Sauti za Busara' beach party. It was absolutely awesome even if there was too much random music like Barbie girl and an awful lot of Akon, Rihanna, and Madon...

Well it's now been a week since I got here... I can't believe how fast time flys by - nor can I actually believe that I'm Zanzibar. I keep saying to myself 'Where am I?' or 'How earth did I get here?' - it's all very surreal. The music festival is amazing... such an eclectic combination of different sounds. Also you can dance however you want and nobody cares; although some of the moves that people pull would result in a stabbing or mugging if displayed in Glasg...

Haha! Look at that picture - lovely isn't it! Just had a cafe frappe which consisted of coffee, milk, vanilla ice-cream and chocolate syrup for the delightful price of 2 pounds. Enjoying hospital so far as it requires me to put in no effort. Fridays are study days so that's me finished my first week of hospital. I have the distinct feeling that time is going to fly by whilst I'm here! Going to the music festival tonight - apparently there's an 100 year old woman...