Zoute landing op Zanzibar (engl.version below)
Door: christa en rob
12 Maart 2011 | Tanzania, Zanzibar
A salty landing at Zanzibar.
After a relaxing week at Mombasa we decided to travel back to Tanzania by bus. The Lonely Planet told us that it was a 2 hours trip but no way, 5 hours it was, due to the busy Likoni ferry at Mombasa and lazy customs at the border. Fortunately Juma is waiting for us in Tanga, to bring us to Pangani with his taxi. There it's like coming home again in our wonderful Capricorn cottage. wonderful! After 2 nights we leave again, this time for Zanzibar. We arranged a dhow ( local wooden boat) to bring us there, so after an early breakfast at 5 oçlock we left. The boat was a bit disappointing: very basic with 2 outboards , no sails and a captain with a cell phone. At sea it becomes clear that it's not going to be an easy trip: high waves, lots of wind and a rolling boat, which does not bother us too much but we'd rather be at our own Garuda under those conditions! But the captain stays calm and cheerful, although he looks a bit worried when we approach the northern tip of Zanzibar. Rough seas make it impossible to go ashore with dry clothes and we do what we can to keep our laptop and passports dry, fortunately the captain takes care of our suitcases ( at his head). So that's the way we enter Nungwi at Zanzibar: soaking wet! No way to travel further, so we accept a room in the nearest hotel, which is not too bad, because the beach is magnificent, the food and cocktails are great and swimming is wonderful in turquose waters, so after all it's a huge success being here. After some relaxing days we travel further to Jambiani, at the eastcoast, via Stonetown, the capital of Zanzibar. There we find a nice cottage at the beach and we're salty again, this time because of swimming in the Indian Ocean all the time!
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12 Maart 2011 - 16:04
Hanneke De Leeuw:
wat een avonduur weer,zijn de spullen droog gebleven??????
groetjes Hanneke.
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