Sunday, April 7, 2013

This ain't sea world, this as real as it gets!

I have arrived in Zanzibar! We left Arusha the night we returned from safari and flew to Dar es Salam. The next morning we took the ferry from dar to zanzibar. We stayed in stone town for the day and did a spice tour,went out for sunset rooftop drinks, and then headed to the street market for some fresh sea food after that. The spice tour was really neat we got to see: pepper, vanilla, cinnamon(and menthol which comes from the root of the cinnamon tree), zanizibar apples, gonger, nutmeg and a ton more. The next morning we were on our way to a beach at the north tip of the island called Nungwi. The sand on the beach is white and the softest sand I have ever been on. The water is crystal clear and some of the most beautiful shades of blue and teal. We spent most of our day on the beach. Today we woke up to go scuba diving. On the way to the dive site we ran into a pod of dolphins and were able to get into the water to snorkel with them. There were hundreds of dolphins all around us. It was one of the coolest things I think I have ever done. After that we continued on to our dive site a Mneba atoll. We did two dives each about 50mins. The coral here is beautiful and super brightly colored along with the fish. We also saw a bunch of eels, a blue spotted sting ray, a octopus, lobster, leaf fish and tons of trumpet fish. The water here is very warm and the day was just completely lovely. Zanzibar is so beautiful and I am so thankful to be here right now. Enjoy some pictures from sunset, the market, spice tour and Nungwi!















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