What?! We're going to Zanzibar?

Thurs 7.29.10

We’re supposed to fly out on August 3^rd.  Natalie and Courtney were planning on going to Arusha, but today they decided to go to Zanzibar instead.  Therefore, I jumped on board and the day of emails started.  Natalie emailed Eileen in Raleigh for possible flight changes. 

We went into clinic in the morning.  In the afternoon, we went by the tailor to pick up our tailored cloths and a little stop by the local pub.  We had our usual dinner at Lucy’s, where she cooked us ugali, a traditional Tanzanian dish made out of cornmeal (kind of like hard grits).  Little did we know, but this would be our last Lucy dinner. L

Tonight I finished putting gifts and pictures together for people at the clinic. Amit and Priyanka just got back from Zanzibar. We heard from Jim, another guy from the same travel agency, about being waitlisted on a flight that would cost $126.  At 11pm at night, we get another email from Eileen saying that we could do a flight change for $156, that would get us flying out of Zanzibar.  With the internet going in and out, we stuck the laptop out our gated front door and accepted the offer.  After much talk, we decided to take a bus on Saturday to Dar es Salaam and spend the night there.  Take a ferry on Sunday morning to Zanzibar and fly out on Tuesday to catch our flight in Nairobi, Kenya.  We book a hotel for four for Saturday in Dar es Salaam, close to the ferry.   And there you go, within less than 24 hours and many emails, we’re going to Zanzibar!