In Zanzibar...

Well I've gone from A to Z... the Arctic to Zanzibar and it's almost time to come home...

I'm spending my last week in Stonetown in beautiful Zanzibar... at the Tembo Hotel...



Stonetown is this maze of small streets and alleyways that guarantees that you'll get lost but if keep wandering, you will either end up at Market Street or at the Indian Ocean...


The Zanzibar International Film Festival is going on right now so lots to do...Last night we went to see a film in the outdoor stone amphitheatre...And there's bands playing in an old Fort...



Yesterday we took a boat, called "Mr Bean" over to Prison Island to do some snorkeling. Amazing, pristine beaches...



It was never actually used as a prison because as soon as it was completed, they decided to use it to quarantine sick people arriving by boat from India and the Middle East. Now it houses a hotel, restaurant and conservation area that helps protect the almost extinct Giant Tortoises...

Feeding time...



And the race is on... The Tortoise and the Hair!



See you in a week!

In Dar Es Salaam...

Fr Salutari Bahati and Fr Massenge are keeping me company...

And today we went to Bagamoyo on the Indian Ocean.... And I think it is my favourite place in Tanzania....

There were so many school children there on vacation...

And then tonight we dined at our favourite place "The Rose Garden".... Our usual waitress is Ashura...she is 21 and wants to be a lawyer to help with women's rights...she has been talking to the Priests about going back to secondary school, so between me and my friends, we will hopefully sponsor her....