Tanzania Day 55 - Jambiani

The past two days were voting days for the elections here so we have struggled to get internet on our phone as the government shuts it down. Up until yesterday you could still get WiFi in bars but then they stopped too somehow... it's crazy that they can get away with that!

So whilst moving around was made harder we decided to have our most active day in a while... It started with a trip to local fishing town Dongwe to get a small boat to a Blue Lagoon. The snorkelling was great and the coral vast but there were far less fish here than on a previous trip to Mnemba Island.

On our way back to the hotel for lunch we luckily bumped into our German friend Ahmet who told us Djorje was in Coral Rocks so we headed down to apologise for not being in touch as we had made plans to visit a local cave with him. Luckily he hadn't already been so we decided to visit it that afternoon.

After lunch we took a taxi 10 minutes from our hotel to Kuzo Cave - it was impressive to see the clear water (you couldn't tell where it started when trying to get in)!! We took some pictures and swam for a bit, but there were some small white creatures (like tiny jellyfish) that kept biting us so we decided to get out.

From here we planned to walk along the beach to Drifters as the owner David had invited us for a BBQ. En route to the beach we were jumped by a group of local kids who had polystyrene guns - they were shouting in Swahili what I can only assume was 'hands up' as they all seemed to find it hilarious when we did!!

The BBQ was really nice and we were introduced to some more new arrivals, one Peruvian guy who had grown up in Madrid found it hilarious when I told him we staying in Guadalajara for the Champions League final 'its miles away'. He laughed 'you could have stayed with me for free' he added later! I also mentioned to our new friend Alfonso about trying to learn Spanish. He was so nice, he started asking me basic questions and even pretended to be a waiter! I was delighted when he was impressed and said he thought I'd be able to get by after a few weeks of being in that environment daily!! After a while the owner David, who's Peruvian himself and a bit of a joker, shouted at me to leave the poor boy alone as he wasn't a Spanish teacher!!

We spent the evening around the fire and after taking a taxi to say goodbye to our Irish/Moroccan couple who were leaving we headed home.Leia mais