Zanzibar, so far.

by Dom on March 29th, 2008

Stone town, right now. That’s the historic part of Zanzibar town, the capital of Zanzibar. Heading to the after dark fish market for dinner again; probably to get tuna and lobster and prawns on skewers and sugar cane juice with lime. The food here is amazing. Swahili is a mix of so many different languages and it really seems like the people here are too, tho it’s mostly muslim so there aren’t many bars. That was a bit dissappointing considering I’ve a craving for draft beer but otherwise it’s pretty cool. Everyone seems real kind and helpful and I like how uninterested in tourists the children are here as compared to Malawi. I think maybe just because there are so many tourists always here. This is the first place I’ve been that’s got those crazy and confusing narrow alleyways everywhere. It’s pretty cool. It also seems famous for their doors, they have these awesome spiky bolts to hold the boards together. They’re fantastic. This place is also famous for their coffee and tea. I’ve spent a hours hanging out in this one intersection called Jaws Corner sipping the coffee and playing bao. Good times.

Went on a spice tour today where we saw things like ginger, nutmeg and vanilla. There were some others but I don’t remember them right now. Nutmeg, it’s crazy looking in the fruit. Haley just informed me that I should have got some of the vanilla extract because it was so cheap here and relatively impossible to get elsewhere.

Tomorrow we’re heading north to Kendwa beach, hang out there for a bit and then backtrack all the back to Luviri. It’s been a good time so far, I’m sure it will continue.

Current News.

by Dom on March 3rd, 2008

So I’m down in blantyre for a party of the birthday kind. It was good. It’s over. I need to be heading back to site now. We played a pretty sweet game of charades the other day though. It was great, I love that game.

Term one is almost over. It’s pretty great. Now were just revising(reviewing) and preparing for the term tests that honestly don’t mean much in the scheme of things. Just a formality they enjoy. I guess I enjoy the relaxation they afford. Then I think I’m going to head to Zanzibar for the term break. That should be fun. I need to party a bit. Though I don’t think I’ll get my fill until I get home and can actually relax. Then term two begins and that’s my last big hirah. It’s extra long this year, 15 weeks, but oh well. After that it’s a couple more months and a ticket home. Crazy.