Friday, October 24, 2008

Fishing trip

Fat Fish
Everyone Kickin it in the boat

Swimming outside of the boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean. We saw hella turtles and dolphins!



Me diving off the boat



Photos from the Sunset Boat Ride

My new amazing SHIRT!!! In photo, Maisha, Me, and Sara
On the Sunset Boat ride

The Sunset


Sonya (shorty) and I




Pictures from Nungwi

Our reading nook on the beach in Nungwi
View from the nook


Baracka Bungaloos


View from water of Baracka



Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Nungwi

This week my friends and I are in Nungwi, a village north of Stonetown. Nungwi is composed of white beaches with surreal topaz blue waters. We are staying at the Baracka Hotel, a small bungalo that costs $12 per person with breakfast included. A regular day in Nungwi consists of sitting on the beach, reading, playing soccer, and chatting it up with locals in Swahili. Yestarday a friend of ours took us out on a boat for a sunset cruise and snorkeling trip. It cost each of us $18, and included music aboard the boat and an entire King fish! It was quite a feast and a party. When we stopped to snorkle we all took turns jumping off the boat into the water below. As one stood on top of the boat you could see the fish swimming around. The boat we rode on had a top level to it where everyone was able to sit, sing/play drums and guitar, and dive into the crystal clear water below. It was truly worth all the money!!! Today I am in Stonetown again, a friend of ours from here sister died, so we took a Dala Dala (less sketchy Tanzanian version of a Mutatu) to see him. Later tonight we will take this bus, imagine a pickup truck with a raised wooden cover above it where people store their fruit and bicycles, and beneath that level there are seats. Under the canopy everyone sits huddled together while the wind buzzes past ones faces. This form of public transportation beats AC Transit 1000/1.

I will post some Nungwi pictures soon!

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Monday, October 20, 2008

Stone town


The streets of Stowntown

The streets of Stowntown
People on a boat off the coast of Zanzibar

View from hotel in Stowntown

We are currently in the village of Nungwi on the north side of Zanzibar. It is free week, and 11 of my friends and I came up to Nungwi to relax. It is paradise here, we are staying at a hotel right on the beach with breakfast included for $12 a night! Its pretty sweet! Today at 4 we are going on a sunset boat ride, snorkeling trip with dinner and beer included for $18. I will post pictures again as soon as i can.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Photo Recap of the past few weeks

Ft. Jesus in Mombasa
View from the Fort
Another view over the Forts wall.
The sickest tree house ever!!!!

Photo Recap of the past few weeks

Sunset in Mombasa
School house in Meru
School children
Mt Kenya