Zanzibar 5:00 pm - Well, the weather in paradise is still slightly cloudy but it looks like sunshine for the next 5 days! We spent the rest of yesterday getting used to the cheap beers and perfecting the "hammock sleeping position". All in all very restful. Today we moved on to a little adventure. Michael (a.k.a. John Cleese) arranged a snorkel/dive trip about an hour off our shore. The very small boat (dhow) that took us out was lovely and the ocean was quite calm. Or so I thought. We arrived at our first destination and Michael and I dropped into the water with our SCUBA gear and the others carried on to their first snorkel sight. The diving is amazing. Water temperature is about 25 degrees and visibility is excellent!! More fish than you can ever imagine although nothing too outrageous on the first dive. Back into the boat for an hour rest before the second dive and none of the snorkelers are looking too enthralled with this bit of paradise.
Someone spots dolphins not too far in the distance so as I excitedly call out to Grant to look at this magnificent view, he waves me off...appearing to be currently enthralled in something he sees close to the surface on his side. Not wanting to miss any of the action, I move over to see that it's really nothing more than God's biggest toilet that Grant is enthralled with. Bonamine (a motion sickness drug) which apparently worked wonders on the cruise, has no effectiveness on board a dhow. He wasn't the only one suffering as there were two others horizontal on the front of the boat moaning also.
Notwithstanding this chaos, Michael and I dropped down for another dive and notwithstanding the dolphins visible at surface, there was no dolphin encounter 14 m under water (sadly). I did run into two fabulous turtles who stayed stationary and let us get very close. A multitude of other fish (one so big I could count his molars!!) and some ocean worms. All in all - a great success!! I'd say we'd be back for more, but that remains to be seen.
Off to tour the local village tomorrow (about a 45 minute walk). Apparently a lovely Canadian girl has set up a coffee shop - should be interesting to see amongst the mud huts!!!
k&g
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3 comments:
Oh how I feel for you big brother! The bonamine has yet to back fire on me, but I know it is only a matter of time. I hope you are feeling better!
The photos are awesome, your little beach looks like total paradise. I am jealous.
I tried the "I only have $100 bills on me at Tony Roma's the other night with Mom and Carla and it worked like a charm."
Enjoy!
Miss ya
Nancy
DAMN I'm jealous. See if you can find a drift dive Kim. I went on a couple of awesome ones up around Pemba. Just get yourself down to 20 metres, cross your legs and float by the scenary. You barely have to swim, so the air lasts forever!
Oh, and make sure you post a token photo of a door from Stonetown. . . .I never saw the attraction, but plenty of books have been published!
Happy trails!
Mike
It looks incredible. I think I would have skipped right to the part with the beach hammock and the cheap beer. Miss you lots, trust me you aren't missing much here (weather wise) 9 degrees and rain, yuk. Take care Terry
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