Day 81 - Zanzibar. 23/12/12

Day 81- Zanzibar 23/12/12

Took the "Pride of Tanzania" catamaran from Dar port (with four security checks including luggage being scanned), and a rather interesting trip as I had decided to be up top to have the maximum fresh air, only to see darkening rain clouds advancing speedily. Before we knew what had happened, we were in the middle of a tropical storm, with slashing rain pounding us as we tried desperately for shelter. Fortunately cleared by the time of our arrival in Zanzibar, but another storm started just as we got to our attractive, traditional arab hotel - the sound on the roof was deafening.

After late breakfast, everyone piled into a minibus for a tour of a local spice farm, but by this stage I had to be brought back and spent the next 20+ hours largely asleep in bed, so missed all the info about spices etc, as well as the walking tour of the old stone town, old slave market etc which I suspect I would have found really interesting!