Here I am in Zanzibar! The picture does not lie it really is that beautiful! I arrived on Friday via ferry from Dar. The crossing was two hours and the sea was relatively calm which is a blessing as I have heard it can get very choppy if there has been rain! The ferry gets into Stonetown which is Zanzibar's biggest town. I bumped into an american girl 'Lena' who was also on her own so we decided to stay at the same place and share a room as it was cheaper! ...

I arrived safely in Tanzania on Tuesday. I got a taxi to the YMCA which was to be my hostel for the next few nights. The hostel is nice, I have a double room (as there were no singles left!) and it has a fan which is a god send!! It is so incredibly hot and humid here! I had forgotten how hot africa is! I went for dinner on my first night with two American girls who are over here teaching on a two year project. They know alot of Swahili and so they were abl...