22 & 23 October 2010 - Dar es Salaam

·        Back to Dar es Salaam / 12+ hours driving day.

21 October 2010 - Zanzibar, Northern Beaches

·        A day of scuba diving for me on Mnemba Island followed by a sunset stroll on the beach with Clare!

20 October 2010 - Zanzibar, Northern Beaches

·        Headed to the Northern Beaches and fabulous beach accommodation

·        Went for a sunset sail on a traditional ‘dawa’ boat

19 October 2010 - Zanzibar, Stone Town

·        Bright and early 4.30am start for our ferry trip to Zanzibar!

·        Hotel stays, so 3 days without having to put up or pull down a tent!!

·        We arrived at Stone Town (our first stop and an old Arabic market town. mostly Muslim), checked into the hotel before wandering around the chaotic markets and then heading to a nearby bar for Sundowners

·        Dinner was fresh fish and seafood cooked on skewers at the outdoor food market on the waterfront. Amazingly good!

18 October 2010 - Dar es Salaam

·        Driving day – awful roads. Campsite in Dar es Salaam. Early night

17 October 2010 - Arusha, Masai Walk

 ·        Today we were taken on a walk around a Masai village which involved seeing inside the huts, meeting the children

·        The walk finished with a traditional Masai tribal dance  

    

·        Headed off towards Dar es Salaam, stopping at dusk at a riverside campsite on the way

 

16 October 2010 - Ngorogoro Crater

·        Morning game drive before heading back to Arusha (camping again at Snake Park)

·        Game drive highlights were ostrich mating dance and subsequent very brief consummation, and two exhausted lions (post buffalo killing) sat right beside us and then one of them rested their head on the side step of the jeep!