Yesterday morning began for me at 5:45 which seems to be the
norm these days. I got ready for the day
and headed out with 3 other volunteers who were here early for the
conference. We walked a ways to a tour
company office where we got into a cab and headed over to the other side of the
island. From there we got onto a boat
and took to the sea. After driving
around for a little while we finally spotted what we came to see, a school of
dolphins! We raced over to them (as fast as our 5 horse power engine would take
us). As we got close we put on our
goggles and flippers and then jumped in! That’s right, I got to actually swim
with the dolphins! It was amazing! We were about am arm’s length away from some
of them! After a few hours of searching
for dolphins, getting in and out of the boat every 10 minutes or so and
swimming around we were taken over to another part of the island where we got
to snorkel. I felt like I was in an
aquarium! There were so many fish swimming around and the coral was stunning!
Finally we got out of the water and into the cab again and
headed over to Jozani National Forest where we took a tour of the jungle and
got to see the Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkeys! They are totally wild but really comfortable
around people so we were able to get super close to them which, for those of
you who know about my love for monkeys, was a dream come true.
Finally we left the forest and headed home. After some walking through the beautiful
streets of Stone Town for a while a bunch of volunteers and I met up at a local
fish market. Fishermen all come to sell
the fish that they caught that day. They
cook it all right there for you and there are great homemade breads too. I tried the king fish and the barracuda… both
amazing! It is hard to believe that I am still in Tanzania sometimes!
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