Hi everybody,
I didn't think I'd really get near a computer during this holiday in Africa, but here I am in the heart of Stone Town on the spicy island of Zanzibar, maybe a block away from the Indian Ocean.
I'm just here for a few minutes while some people I'm with are checking their email. And I thought MY computer was slow. It's interesting though: this keyboard is half in English and half in Arabic so it makes the hunt and peck method of typing a bit of a lark.
I am staying in the Shangani Hotel on the main street here in town, but there is about room enough for about a donkey-cart and a motor-bike to carefully pass one another. It's a very laid-back place and its been fun losing myself in the alleyways and bartering with the merchants. I'm always up for a bit of haggling. :)
This morning I went on a tour of some spice plantations, eating ginger root fresh from the ground, nibbling lemon grass, and chewing cinnamon bark. i ate fresh jackfruit, mangosteen, coconut, and pineapple for a snack sitting under an enourmous mango tree and sipping marsala tea and then got to have lunch at this nice Muslim lady's house (her husband was our guide) and she cooked us this most amazing pilaf with peppers and nutmeg...mmmm....
Yes, actually the living's been pretty good this trip. Even camping in the bush was surprisingly agreeable. Apparently I'm made of tougher stuff than I thought.
And I've seen some amazing things. I saw a lioness hunting a gazelle not twenty feet from where I was (safely in a truck, mind you) and hippos mating. Oh yes, a very educational trip.
I'm looking forward to writing about it all soon, but for now I'm off to watch the local dhow boats sailing into an amazing sunset from the rooftop of the Africa House Restaurant.
See you all soon. :)
5 comments:
ooh, Hippos mating!
Animial porn in Africa...'Vanne, I'm horrified!
yes, and the ostriches, rock hyraxes, and elephants got a little graphic too. :)
One more day in africa and then off to England I go. Jeffye says hi too!
Vanne
That is SO COOL!!!!!!
I can't wait to see all the pictures and read the travel journal.... sigh...
Hmm ....
Lots of sunshine,fresh pineapple under a shade tree and O humping hippos. I shall refrain from pouring oatmeal into a rubber boot,sliding my foot into said boot and making squishing sounds.
Sounds like yer having a great time
,deb says hi ya, angel says hi in some form of baby talk, and hey i say hi yas as well =),pics LOTS of pics,i wanna see hippos humping =/ tee - hee.
Be safe guys, yer friend for life
wayne
Goodness me, your trip appears to be a wee bit more x-rated than expected!
Might I suggest, (seeing as how you're viewing animal behavior in it's rawest form).... when you're in London, make sure to wander by the junction of Charing Cross and New Oxford Street. Here you will see the wild British businessman marking his territory in a lovely contraption called a "bog". (Shawn had to bat me on the arm to keep me from staring.) Enjoy! Take pictures! They won't be able to run after you without soiling themselves!
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