After a short but decidedly ropey ferry ride we arrived in Zanzibar’s Stone Town. Stone town is steeped in history, from the Spice trade to the slave trade. But perhaps its resounding point of interest would be its food the restaurants are fantastic, but you really can’t beat the experience of eating at the fish market. For just a few dollars you will have a plate pilled high with crab claws, shrimp, lobster and any type of fish you can think of. Our only really organized trip was to take a spice tour, very interesting never really thought about where spices came from, and it smelled good. Though you should be wary of volunteering to be the first to try the samples the guide offers you they do not always taste great, admittedly it was a quinine tree, but I will eat anything once.
We spent our last few days with the group in Paje a very beautiful and secluded beach, azure water white sand and coconut trees, need we say more? After the group left we stayed an extra couple of nights, you may have guessed from the last statement that we have chosen to leave the tour, we were sick of rushing through countries and group travel is a total ball ache. Anyway we had a great time on the beach by ourselves and then headed back to Stone Town where we have mooched more and got lost in windy narrow streets plenty. We have also got into a rather decadent habit of sundowners at the Africa House Hotel (expensive) which has a fantastic terrace to watch the sun set over the Indian Ocean. Obviously we have done lots more eating of sea food.
From Zanzibar we now plan to fly to South Africa and Swaziland for 5 weeks before meeting are parents in Cape Town. So watch this space, long live independent travel.
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