Perfectly white sand, crystal clear water, tropical warm breezes, and fresh delicious coconuts. Not exactly the Thanksgiving we imagined but it’ll do. Karibu Zanzibar! Yesterday we arrived in Stonetown after spending 4 days,3 nights at the rasta relaxing Dhow Beach Village on Jambiani beach. We spent those 4 days playing beach vollyball, getting our tans on and in pure amazment of the mile long stretch of only knee deep translucent water. All of us waded out, walking on and on until we realized we weren’t getting any close to the waves we saw crashing in the distance. Floating in the 5 feet of heavenly ocean we couldnt believe how fortunate we were to experience this rare taste of living. Monday morning we relished in the fact that while others were studying for midterm exams we gratefuly basked and lounged in our ocean classroom. With a bittersweet heart we awoke Tuesday morning at 5am to leave our paradise but to experience another life style…SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS! Now when I write swimming with dolphins, I don’t want to give the wrong impression, so let me clarify. We were not swimming in a pool, the dolphins were not trained, and the price wasn’t more than 10 dollars. We took a small boat 30 minutes away from shore decked in full Snorkel gear and on our guides command we recklessly threw our bodies overboard. We were surrounded, a pod of dolphins freely swam amoungst us. Once their beautiful bodies had outswam our artificial fins it was back in the boat to catch up with them. Swimming with dolphins was unforgettable. Moving on to the present. Today is our first full day in Stonetown, Zanzibar. All of us have just completed and passed(for all you worried parents) the written test portion of our Scuba Diving test! Tomorrow we hit the pool to see how the swimming goes and to test our gear.
The days are passing like seconds now and as exciting as the upcoming holidays are we are all going to miss the big ol’ family we’ve become.
OH before I go, to really increase the jealously TONIGHT we are eating at a local traditional cuisine and seafood outdoor buffet market. Just try and soak that all in. Fresh fish, lobster, crabs, prawns cooked in front of your eyes to perfection and some typical Zanzibar chakula (food)to dabble in.
7 days till we depart our East African home.
Peace and love
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