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I'm in Zanzibar, Tanzania now! We left Mombasa on Mon. at 8 in the morning and had about an 11 hour bus ride to Dar es Salaam. The ride really wasn't that bad and for the most part the roads were pretty good. We had been planing to go clubbing our one night in Dar, but nothing was open Mon. night, so we just ended up sleeping. The following morning we had to just explore the city. It was pretty fun just walking around Dar. The city is so much cleaner than Mombasa. It's definetely a city that if I get the chance I want to come back to and spend some time here.

Getting drenched in Zanzibar

Rachel Buhr
2006-08-21 18:25:35

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they were going to mess him up and just leave him in some field if he didn't give them more money,
so he convinced them to take him back to the hotel 'cause he had a friend there that could probably give him some money. He ended up getting his camera back in exchange for about $150 dollars he borrowed from us (and it took the help of some locals) and apparently some punches were thrown (by the locals) but Brian and his camera made it onto the ferry to Zanzibar in one piece.

The ferry to Zanzibar was pretty nice. Was long though, took about 4 hours. Zanzibar is a really nice city. It's small and quaint. There's an SIT Tanzania group in Zanzibar, so we've been spending some time there. One of my favorite things so far has been the rain. Late last night or early this morning I was awoken by really really loud thunder. The storm was right over us. The thunder was sooooo loud it set off a car alarm!!! lol... I've never heard thunder that loud. Last night Annie and I got drenched on our way home from dinner. We had just left the restaraunt and it started to sprinkle. I told her we had to hurry up cause I knew it could start pouring any second. About 2 seconds later it seemed the sky just opened up and was falling on us! lol... we jumped under a door frame to escape the rain. After a couple min. we just decided to walk in the rain. We knew it could continue to pour for a couple hours and we weren't about to stand under that door frame for that long. We were able to walk under some awnings for a little while, but that soon ended and we were walking in the rain. In the few min. it had been raining it seemed the streets had been transformed into little streams. Water flowed over our feet and our bodies were getting drenched by the rain. It was sooo much fun! By the time we got to our guest house we were laughing soooo hard and hardly and inch of us was dry! It was a great way to end a relaxing day. hehe... It's been raining all morning but not as hard as it was last night and I have my rain jacket with me now. =) Well, that's all I have for my adventures of Zanzibar so far. I'm sure I'll have plenty
more to tell before I leave on the 14th. Take care everyone! Kwaherini