Zanzibar
Part 1. Nungwi <------
Part 2. A bit of Nungwi, Page and Michamvi
Part 3. Stone Town and its beautiful islands
Part 4. Zanzibar costs and itinerary
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Dear passengers, welcome on board, today we are flying all the way to Zanzibar! ” the captain of the aircraft greeted. Has it really happened and now there will be another big trip to an exotic country? “The flight time is three hours and thirty minutes…”. Um, why so few? “…and we will land in Luxor where the weather is 15 degrees. ” Dasha and I looked at each other in surprise, Luxor, of course, is also good, but it's a bit not that exotic. I checked on the Internet and found out that this is a direct flight with refueling. Phew, now at least it became clear how such a relatively small plane is going to fly “all the way to Zanzibar”. But the plane had another small problem - icing, the outside of the plane was partially covered with ice, and a special machine knocked it down with great pressure. Then there was apparently a test run of the engines, as the turbines were working at full capacity, but we did not fly anywhere. And finally the long-awaited takeoff! Now you can get comfortable and begin our unusually beautiful journey!
For the first time I heard about Zanzibar in my childhood from a cartoon in which a baby elephant dreamed of getting to the fabulous Zanzibar and other animals joined him. For a long time I myself did not know whether this island really existed. Then he began to meet other tourists who were there and all as one told how beautiful it was. There is not a lot of information on the Internet about what exactly to do on the island for so many days, but since this is a large exotic island in the Indian Ocean, we did not doubt for a second that we would have an active holiday there and we were right! While we were flying in an airplane, we did not even suspect that this trip would win such unexpected nominations: “The most beautiful coral”, “Nice locals”, “Ocean, more beautiful than in the Maldives”, “The real jungle” and the cherry on the cake “Island without coronavirus. ”
In terms of ease, this is probably the easiest savage journey through exotic countries, here even English is not needed in most cases to explain oneself. There is such a cherished word in the Swahili language that can solve almost any problem and find the answer to absolutely any question “Hakuna Matata”. With this phrase, the journey of absolutely everyone begins here, this phrase will be with you wherever you are, your trip will end with the same phrase. In addition to this phrase, you also need to know the names of cities and hotels, this is basically all that is needed for a successful trip around the island. Most of the residents here speak English, however, during the trip, you will in any case pull up your knowledge of the Swahili language a little and that's great.
Nungwi
The closer we got to Zanzibar, the more often islands began to appear outside the window, including underwater ones, then Zanzibar itself appeared. Already from the plane it was possible to appreciate the impressive size of the island, the beautiful color of the ocean and the changeability of the weather, we flew by the merciless sun, a strong storm, cloudy sky, gusts of a hurricane and again the sun, and all this on one island. Upon arrival, of course, it was raining. This is a classic, almost every time we arrive on some island, it immediately starts to rain. And according to the weather forecast, there should be thunderstorms and showers absolutely every day. But we know the secret of the islands and weather forecasts. Even before buying tickets, we wrote to our Instagram expert Olya so that she would find among her bloggers someone who lives in Zanzibar. After 3 minutes, Olya sent us a link, and we wrote a message so that the girl would tell us what the weather really is now. She said that there is definitely sunny time here every day, so you can be calm. Moreover, our trip will begin as close as possible to the dry season - November 21. We got off the plane, the pleasant tropical air immediately filled the lungs, enveloped every cell of the body in its gentle embrace. We screamed with joy right on the ladder in the crowd of people!
There was a long queue for visa control, but for those who printed migration cards and filled them out at home, you can go through and immediately receive a visa. There were already two such people in the whole crowd - Dasha and I. So the passage of all visa procedures took about five minutes. At the control, you must be fingerprinted, but the locals sometimes forget to do this, as is the case with us. It turned out to be quite a critical moment. Without registered fingerprints, you cannot buy a local Internet SIM card, as your identity cannot be verified. But given that the cherished rule “Hakuna Matata” operates on the island, this problem can also be solved by putting the finger of a local resident on the sensor, you will still be fooled at the rate)))) There are two ways from the airport to Nungwi: by taxi for $ 35 and on local minibuses.
In time, there will be a difference in the hour. The longest way to get there is a transfer from those who bought a package tour. We chose the most exotic way - minibuses. On this trip, we needed to take a lot of things and our masks and snorkels, so we tried traveling with a suitcase that does not fit too much into the size of the minibus. But this problem is easily solved with the help of "Hakuna Matata". As soon as we got to the bus stop, the locals immediately began to greet us and offer to take a taxi, but we asked to show which minibus to take. We loaded onto the bus. By the way, local money turned out to be the most profitable to change right at the airport in an official bank. If you are not sure about the exchange rate, just ask the locals, they will tell you whether it is profitable or not, since there are many exchange offices and it is not entirely clear where the real bank is. Almost all Zanzibar routes pass through Stone Town, where you need to change to another minibus. From the airport to the city, the fare costs 400 shillings per person ($ 0.17).
From Stone Town to Nungwi 2300 shillings ($1). We reached Stone Town in about 20 minutes. We were dropped off and shown the direction where the minibuses to Nungwi would be. No matter how much we walked, the locals told us that we needed to go even further. I have already begun to worry that 11 days of the trip will not be enough for us to reach this cherished minibus. And the suitcase, he generally said: “Finish me! ”. Another tropical downpour began, we ran under the cover to my grandfather, who was frying local food. Grandfather happily shared his cover with us. The downpour left, we continued the long journey to the cherished minibus. Now on the way there were puddles-lakes that had to be crossed. It is especially fun when stones lie through a puddle, and you and your suitcase must jump over them and not fall. To be honest, I have already begun to doubt the idea of getting on minibuses, but it is at such moments that you immerse yourself in the local life of the island and this is the most valuable thing while traveling.
Days turned into nights, and nights into days, we were still walking. We even stopped for lunch, as we collected food supplies during this long journey back in Kyiv. After lunch we continued our journey. From time to time there were minibuses mirages, this is when it seems that you are about to get there, but it turns out that this is not your minibus. Your only one is somewhere over the horizon. Don't cry, suitcase! It's hard for all of us. You need to survive this trip. Looking ahead, I’ll say that the suitcase almost survived the trip and was solemnly thrown out after returning home. And so it happened! Another local resident pointed to the minibus, which will now go to Nungwi! By the way, the transport system on the island works well, there are a lot of minibuses here and they go very often and wherever they need to. The minibus taxied out of Stone Town and immediately began sunny weather. Outside the window, the jungle and local settlements, the minibus stops not only if someone needs to get out, but also if someone wants to go out to buy pineapples and go further.
We were a big brotherly family with the locals. Dasha and I literally melted from the happiness of how comfortable we feel in this country. I had the feeling inside that I had returned to my homeland, all the views outside the window, local residents, street cafes and shops. We've only been here for the first hour, and we've already fallen head over heels in love with the island. We literally live on this planet and are now definitely back in one of our homes - Zanzibar. The same feeling can be experienced if you come to the village where you spent every summer as a child. Traveling by minibus is a kind of real safari. From time to time, police posts come across on the island, which check that there are no standing passengers in the minibus. Right in front of the checkpoint, the driver and the controller put on their uniforms, and our driver also handed over a hidden flash drive to another driver who was driving towards. What was on that flash drive, we will never know.
Another hour passed, and we arrived. Everyone needs to get out. I was already upset, I could not tear myself away from watching the “safari” from the window. But nothing, we still have a lot of moving ahead. Navigation on the island is very problematic and with a large error, so finding your hotel is a real adventure every time. In Nungwi, the first line is occupied by hotels, and behind it is a very dumb-looking slum with infinitely good-natured people inside. Here the people are so friendly and accommodating that at night we preferred to walk through the slums rather than along the beach. There was, of course, one dumb moment when, in the middle of the night, someone sneezed loudly because of the boarded up windows of an uninhabited house. It is now the middle of the day and we are wandering in search of a hotel. The owner of the hotel was not a mistake and from the very top floor he also looked out for his tourists among the houses.
We heard the cherished greeting “Jumbo! ” The man waved to us from above and indicated that we should go to his hotel. One of the features of the island, there are practically no signs. The fact that this is our hotel at first had to take a word. But then the owner called me by name and brought a book where I had to sign. Opening the book, he saw a large anthill, with the phrase "Hakuna Matata" he shook out all the ants, and the problem was solved. He also introduced us to the hotel's dog named Star. We called him Starche and he always met us with joy and barked if he saw behind us other people not from the hotel. Dogs on the island are a different story. On the houses, of course, they hang a sign “Caution angry dog”, but in this heat all the dogs here are very kind, even a shepherd dog will be your best friend here. Due to the heat, hotels should only be taken with air conditioning.
In the third decade of November, the island is hot around the clock. By the concept of hot, it means that during the day it is so hot that you won’t be able to get used to it even by the end of the trip. At night, due to high humidity, even the air conditioner can not always cool the room well, you will still be wet. But compared to +1 temperature in Kyiv, what could be better. In order not to burn out, here you need to smear with a cream with a level of 50. And you need to smear it quite often, absolutely white sand will reflect light so that the body will be like in a solarium. It’s a funny fact, but we didn’t burn out during the whole trip - we smeared ourselves very diligently, and the protective Egyptian tan had not yet had time to come off. Well, settled in, now you can safely explore the beauties of the new country!
Our hotel was on the first line, right next to us was not the most attractive beach, but in Zanzibar there is such a rule, if you are not satisfied with the color of the beach water, then just walk 100 meters and choose a different color for yourself. The most beautiful color is usually when the sun is at its zenith and the tide is high. After walking literally five minutes, we saw beautiful water and ran to take pictures.
The first evening we had a long route along the embankment, we came across crabs of various sizes, beautiful tropical plants and picturesque hammocks with swings in the territories of coastal hotels. Another nice feature of the island is that you can safely enter the territory of any hotels and use the infrastructure for money and, if you wish, dine in their restaurants. And just walking around the territory is always free. Many hotels were not working, and we used their territory for a photo shoot. Hotels are usually guarded by friendly Masai who will just keep an eye on you.
Maasai deserve special attention. These are the inhabitants of the tribe from the mainland. They are very easy to recognize by their tall stature, beautiful clothes, a long stick in their hand and a special appearance. I want to attribute them to the most pleasant local residents. Meeting with the Masai is always a charge of positive, joy and discovery of something new. They can just chat with you for 20 minutes and offer nothing to go further wander along the beach. Dasha and I were very surprised at first, usually when a local resident comes up to talk to you, he is financially interested in you, but not on this island. They really come here just to talk to you and tell you something interesting.
Or even reveal your secret of perfect beauty and body height. Once Dasha and I were even taught to hunt lions. They showed how to make a scary look before a fight with a wild beast.
We got goosebumps from their terrible look. They also have their own stores, but they never showed exactly where those stores were, they just said that if we walk in those parts and suddenly see his store, let’s go. But to be honest, we have never seen Masai in the store. And one of the cool things to do on the island is to watch their show. We constantly tried to find out exactly where and what time the show was, but the Maasai were as vague about it as they were about their stores. As a result, the mechanism for getting on the show turned out to be like this. You have to tell any of them that you want to watch the show now. At the same moment, an unprecedented force begins to attract other Maasai from neighboring beaches. A tourist who wants a show must pay 15.000 tzs ($6), for other tourists the show will be free.
The guys begin to simultaneously create a specific sound from somewhere in the depths of the throat, sway and jump high. It is difficult to describe the show with the text, but it is a must to see the show during your stay on the island. In addition to the Maasai show after sunset, locals light fires and play local folklore on tom-toms or guitars. The nighttime atmosphere of Nungwi is simply magical. You can just wander around the beaches and enjoy the atmosphere. And if suddenly the sea was not enough for you during the day, then there are night beaches that illuminate the ocean and you can safely swim, just like during the day. Here, even in the dark, you can see how beautiful the water is. As a result, night bathing was just as obligatory for me as daytime bathing. The water here is equally warm around the clock. And of course, the most charm of all exotic is dinner. Here you need to find your own restaurant where you like it and dine only there. Our restaurant was M&J. You are in Zanzibar, which means that your diet for all days of the trip will be fruits, fresh juices, seafood in various variations, french fries and rice.
They also have meat from humpback cows, but they don't cook it very tasty, and the price is the same as a serving of octopus. The prices here are also pleasantly pleasing, for example, a good portion of grilled octopus with rice costs 12.000 TZS ($ 5.2), a glass of delicious fresh juice is 3.000 TZS ($ 1.3). The only negative of the whole island is the wait for food for about an hour. This is in almost all restaurants in all settlements where fresh food is prepared. I would describe the taste of seafood in Zanzibar as the best, and if you don’t know where to start, then according to the unspoken rule, you need to go to the table whose dish seems most appetizing to you and clarify what exactly they took. We observed such a funny migration between tables every evening.
In our experience, the main thing is to know the meaning of the words Octopus, and delicious food is guaranteed to you. After a meal, absolutely all tourists, regardless of the hotel or its location, are waiting for a fantastic starry sky. You can look at the stars here forever, they are bright here, there are a lot of them. For contemplation, you need to choose a piece of the embankment more comfortable, splash just in case from mosquitoes and voila. Or watch them directly from the warm night ocean. The traveler will always be illuminated by the brightest moon on the way back to the hotel. We have never seen such shadows from moonlight. Interestingly, the beauty of the sea is partially visible even in moonlight. Despite the fact that daylight hours on the island flies quickly, we rejoiced at the dark part of it no less.
The only trouble is the presence of mosquitoes. There are very few of them here, but no one has canceled malaria. It seems like there should be no malarial mosquitoes on the island, but this is not certain. Modern means are very effective, nevertheless, mosquitoes sometimes still manage to bite you. In case of malaria on the island, you can buy tests and even medicine at any pharmacy, and the local told me that if anything happens, he will put me on my feet in three days. They generally have a rule here, if you suspect that you are ill, then first complete your working day, and then start doing your own treatment, they don’t consider this a problem at all. For tourists, unfortunately, this problem is more critical. Only during our stay there were three cases of infection among tourists who returned home, unfortunately, two of them with a sad outcome, as they were diagnosed late. It seems like all these tourists are united by the fact that they were on a safari on the mainland.
Our personal opinion: if you want to go to the mainland, first take a course against malaria and get vaccinated against yellow fever. News on the island scatter with cosmic speed, any incident will immediately be discussed by everyone over an hour-long wait in restaurants. What was the news about the snake attack worth. At first it was a yellow mamba, by the evening the stories turned into a black mamba, in fact it turned out that it was a fruit snake that was reaching for a passion fruit in the hands of a tourist. On the other hand, snakes usually try to avoid contact with humans, so this was most likely an exception.
Meanwhile, back to exploring the island. Every breakfast here starts with fresh fruit, scrambled eggs, toast with jam and a cup of the local Africafe. In one of the hotels there was even jam from exotic fruits - an unusual and very pleasant taste. Breakfast on the island is the time during which you mentally prepare to go to the sunny beach.
Here you are like a battery, all day you soak up the sun, then all evening you feel how it comes out of you. You constantly need to keep a balance between “good” and “burned out”, and you must also have sunglasses. In the water, you need to keep a different balance - between "fun" and "stepped on a hedgehog. " Although if you swim on the main beaches, you can do without corals. But if the soul longs for adventure and experience absolutely all the places for swimming, then you should be careful. It's a funny fact, but corals eventually joined the fate of the suitcase. They couldn't keep up with our pace. What can I say about the beaches of the island, they are simply the most beautiful here. If you want, you will be like in the Maldives, you want transparent, you want dairy, absolutely for every taste and color. The main thing is to know two rules: the water is as beautiful as possible during the peak of the tide and that the sun is at its zenith.
For example, one of the most beautiful beaches of Kendwa, in the evening turns into the most ordinary beach of the Black Sea, although during the solstice your finger will get tired of pressing the camera button. And if you also find a starfish, then there will be no limit to beauty. The main thing is not to get the star out of the water for a long time, on one of the sites we read that the maximum is 4 seconds. But such beauty is not without reason, it lures tourists, and then the fight with the ferocious Zanzibar crocodile begins)
The water here, of course, is generally good, but as soon as you return to the white sand, the sun immediately takes you into its arms. Fortunately, there are always bars with cold beer for 5000 TZS ($2.16) or cold water markets waiting for tourists. Although it is on Kendwa for some reason that there is a shortage of shops. Our trip was not limited to beautiful beaches. We went further, much further, climbed somewhere uphill to the local villages, there was even our first baobab.
The atmosphere in Zanzibar is just over the top, here even just walking along the beach line you continue to plunge into the country. Especially in the evening when the locals start playing football on the sand. Sports culture is at its peak here. People are always busy doing something sporty. For example, teenagers have a quite common game - to build a pyramid of three people standing on each other's shoulders, maybe that's why everyone is so healthy here, because they are athletes?
There is only one problem with this, when you walk along the beach in the evening, you are afraid that a ball will fly into your head. Our evening program included massages as an obligatory item. The cost of such pleasure in Nungwi is about 30.000 TZS ($ 13) per hour. At first, we were still frightened by the global epidemic, so we only went for foot massages. In the middle of the trip, we already completely relaxed and switched to a body massage. This, of course, is not Thailand, but massage is always good. In the middle of one of the sessions, something strange happened, while one masseuse was doing a massage, the other pulled out a wad of money right from under the towel on which Dasha was lying. Apparently massage with money brings financial success to the salon.
We enjoyed the island to the fullest, what else can you dream of in the midst of an epidemic, but not be on an island where everyone is healthy and does not even take all these stories about the pandemic seriously. I remember when the March lockdowns began, which began to drag on for months, we only dreamed that someday the distant highway would open again and we would fly somewhere far, far away. The fact that it would be Zanzibar was not even suspected. And now we know that instead of canceled trips, we had others, no worse and in a completely new, coolest format. Unexpectedly, we managed to fly on a big trip during the vacation days, distributed at the beginning of the quarantine.
Looking at almost the past year, I understand that all the pieces of the puzzle have formed into a beautiful picture. When I was sad a month ago that Asia would not open in time, Dasha said: “What are you worried about, Asia will not open, so we will fly to Zanzibar. ” And now the most important thing is how it turned out.
We've only been here for a few days, but we already consider this island one of the best, the most beautiful and very colorful. How good that the Maldives were before this trip. How good it is that we did not stay in Turkey and returned home, otherwise there would be no such beauty here and now.
It was a lazy two days with almost no activity in our usual style. Now you can spend time in a more active mode. Not far from us is "Baraka Natural Aquarium". First you need to wait for the maximum tide, then go on a very unusual swim with turtles. The cost of an entrance ticket to the territory of the aquarium costs 20.000 TZS ($ 8.6). Dasha entered the water first.
Turtles, instead of swimming away, immediately showed an unhealthy interest in Dasha. Perhaps they decided that dinner was served. They swim next to you, swim under you, swim everywhere. And in a mask, you can also swim underwater with them, gently holding the turtle by the paw. Moreover, they are not at all against people here. In addition to turtles, there is also a flock of fish and even one beautiful and colorful one. This turtle therapy will be a great start to your day. Flushed with turtles?
Next, the petting zoo “Zanzibar kilosas conservation” awaits us, it is a five-minute walk with the same entry price. The price includes a guide who will drive everywhere and talk about animals and local life.
We took a short course in Swahili with him, now the characters of the cartoon "The Lion King" appeared before us in a new light, since we now know the meanings of their names.
In the zoo itself, two crocodiles, dik-diks, monkeys, chameleons and pythons were waiting for us. For what I love petting zoos, that you can cuddle a snake in your hands, and especially pythons. I never cease to be amazed at their phlegmatic attitude towards people. I also really wanted to be allowed to see the crocodiles, but they turned out to be contactless here.
Judging by the indifferent appearance of the crocodiles, the heat pressed on my head not only to me.
We urgently need to go swimming. Where is the nearest beach here? Fortunately, there is no problem with the number of beaches on the island. Literally in a three-minute walk we discovered one of the most beautiful beaches of the island.
Every time we thought we couldn't find a more beautiful water, we found an even more beautiful one. This Zanzibar, of course, struck. How will we now generally look at other seas and oceans after these beaches? For joy, I even stumbled over a sea urchin, which for some reason was lying on the shore, but, fortunately, nothing happened.
The water here was milky turquoise for the first 100 meters, and in the distance, where the depth is about waist-deep, it was transparent. There was now a perfect harmony between the tide and the solstice. Beautiful water has only one minus, it is difficult to take a picture with a camera so that it does not lower the brightness of the water like a light. In fact, on some beaches the water is even more beautiful than in our photos, and most importantly, all photos are without filters and processing.
To be honest, we are generally surprised that our camera was able to survive the last dusty Cappadocia and the smallest grains of sand on this island, our buttons even began to wedge because of the sand. The sand here is so fine that, rubbing it between your fingers, it is impossible to feel individual grains of sand, it simply dissolves in your hand.
While we were leaving the water, the local captain of the ship was already waiting for us on the shore with an offer to set sail. Just what you need! We agreed for tomorrow to Mnemba Island for $25 per person with lunch. He really wanted to pay in advance, but what we know from the stories on the Internet, one of the first rules of the island is not to give anyone an advance payment. Now you can go to the hotel for a quiet hour, you need to let go of the accumulated sun rays a little. While walking along the beaches, you get a positive charge from the energetic local children who all the time run around in groups and do something interesting. We brought a whole package of toys from Kinders and other interesting things for them from Kyiv.
The main thing with children is not to get a whole bag of toys at once, otherwise the whole bag will go away at once. But at the same time, they will share everything among themselves, and in a couple of minutes it will be possible to observe how joyful children play with kinders. On the way to our hotel, we had to go through a large pile of algae, it was every time like a fly in the ointment in this paradise. On the first pass, I was afraid that they would suck us in. But there was also a positive side to this pile - the algae had a strong smell, and lately I feel an incredible joy every time I realize that I have a scent. We even have a new word in our travel vocabulary. It happens when the beach is “beautiful”, and sometimes it is “algae”. But we only had such a problem when we started our route from the hotel to the right. In general, it’s a pity that in our world there are only two directions “right” and “left”, we essentially lacked additional ones every morning when we planned which way to go for a walk. Behind the fence of our hotel, Starce's shaggy friend met us. After a quiet hour, as always, a monotonous and at the same time cozy evening program of pastime awaited us. Sunset, seafood with fresh juices, massage, night sea and gatherings on the shore.
If I got into a time loop like in Groundhog Day, I would dream that it would be Zanzibar evenings. By the way, by the way, literally in the first days of rest, we weighed well, but is it worth it to return home at all? Oddly enough, the decision was made “definitely back on the planned date. ” No matter how good it was in this paradise, but this is not our climate, unfortunately. And it was really good, it's like a wonderful dream that you know what will end and savor every carefree second. Well, let's add even more bright colors to this picture? From the very morning we are waiting for the reefs of the island of Mnemba.
Mnemba Island
Hey, where are the bright colors? Why are there such clouds and wind outside the window of our hotel, now that the end of the world will begin? We had breakfasts on the veranda on the fourth floor, while we climbed there through many stairs, I was afraid that we would be blown away. The weather in Zanzibar is changing fast and is just as fast changing for the worse. Our guide was already waiting for us under the hotel. He said that this is a temporary problem and now there will be sun, so let's go to the boat. While we were going to the boat, the weather really changed, now it was pouring downpour. Our guide with a straight face nodded saying this is exactly what he promised. By the time we got to the boat, the rain had stopped. We set sail. The boat was the best we have ever experienced.
This is a two-story homemade wooden ship with a motor and sails. He looked very old and tired of life, which made this trip even more authentic. The further we sailed, the better the weather became, and the sea became more and more beautiful.
Then the sun came out, and the sea became just perfect. When it seemed that there was nowhere more beautiful, it became even more beautiful. And even then it was not the limit of beauty. We dropped off our chefs in Zanzibar, while they were preparing food, we sailed to the coral reefs of the island of billionaires. The reefs here turned out to be even very, very. They immediately shared second place with the Maldives, after the Egyptians. There are really not so many fish, although the variety is also not bad.
After an hour and a half of swimming, we moored at one of the beaches of Zanzibar, where lunch was waiting for us. But the beauty of the sea was not at all until dinner. How wonderful it is, it is impossible to see enough and get used to this beauty, every time is like the first time. I asked many locals if they are glad that they live in such an indescribably beautiful place with such a warm climate.
Absolutely everyone said that they were very happy that they lived here and everything was beautiful for them too. Yes, the farther to Zanzibar, the more pointless it seems to travel to other exotic islands. Only one minus, few exotic birds and animals.
But for some reason there are a lot of crows. But there must be at least some drawbacks. On the plus side, we have delicious food at affordable prices, free and easily accessible beautiful beaches, ease of movement around the island and a kind people.
Time to sail back to Nungwi before the boat runs aground due to low tide. When this boat was advertised to us, they promised that there would be dolphins, but when they sailed we were morally prepared that most likely there would be no dolphins. But it's a classic. We sailed away from the shore. The crew and all the tourists carefully peered at one point. I wanted to give my eyes a rest and turned in the other direction. It was there that the dolphins swam behind the backs of everyone on the ship. Hooray! There were a lot of them, about seven pieces. They swam in different directions, sometimes even synchronously, sometimes under our boat and in parting showed us their tails. There was more joy than at the New Year's table. The captain, judging by the expression on his face, was very surprised that there were dolphins.
But he was obviously proud that he kept his promise. Our boat was the last to leave the island, there were no others, and I'm not sure that others saw dolphins. And we were lucky and very lucky. Zanzibar, how do you do it? You never cease to amaze and delight us. Maybe we were so lucky with the dolphins, because Kashpirovsky was among the passengers with us? True, it was not him personally, but his relative, but I still asked to charge his water, but what if it works out. When we sailed near our hotel, they asked to be dropped off so that we would not have to make a detour. And since Hakuna Matata decides everything here, we really were dropped off earlier. Yesterday's insanely beautiful beach now looked quite ordinary, since the sun and clouds were located differently. So it is worth remembering that beautiful beaches literally migrate here. After a quiet hour, our favorite evening program was waiting for us again. True, our masseuse was not, unfortunately. As we later learned, she got two tattoos for herself that day, one of them had a long text about how she loves mom and dad. Cuties in general!
