ZANZIBAR!!!

Sun 8.1.10

I woke up to the sound of early morning prayer blasting outside the window.  Early morning shower and went  downstairs to buy some water and have some breakfast.  Complimentary breakfast – banana, passion juice, toast, and tea. 

We caught a taxi to the ferry station and paid for the fast ferry.  While waiting for the ferry, I met some Korean missionaries from Canada.  Small world, huh? 

Once we got off the ferry, we got our passport stamped and decided to get something to eat before venturing out.  We met a guy named Eddie who lead us to stonetown café (a touristy café) and told us he could find us a taxi van. 

Lunch – falafel wrap, passion juice, couscous. Yum!

Eddie came back with Carlos, who drove us to Metemwe, where we made reservations for a low-budget hostel.  We chose to go to Metemwe to avoid the tourists.  It took an hour drive.  Some of us got excited when we saw the nice Azani Hotel and Carlos laughs and says “This hotel is posh for men with big bellies, Mohamed (our hotel) is for the simple man.”  Haha.  Oh boy, was he right.  We get to Mohamed, which was situated along the beach but was also literally surrounded by this village with goats and chickens running around.  The tide was out.  Long story short, we decided to go to Nungwi on the other side of the island with no plans or reservations.  We got lucky and ended up at this crazy nice resort, paying $40 for the night.