Zanzibar-Part 1 Karafuu Lodge

I must admit that now I put my photos on facebook I am not so good at updating my blog. Anyhow as most of you know we went to Zanzibar for our Eid holiday in September. We meet up with Myra and Kel after they have survived their trip to Tanzania. Zanzibar (known as the Spice Islands in the olden days) was an interesting place .

First we spend about 4 days at a resort, Karafuu Lodge. Karafuu means cloves. It was very nice and relaxing. We are terribly spoilt after the Maldives and thought the reefs and snorkellig wasn't so good or easy to access but still a lovely place to visit.

Seeing Masai warriors as guards looked a little out of place (we last saw them in Kenya) but they are lovely people and we came away with some of their beads and jewellery. All the staff were helpful and friendly and it was nice to celebrate Eid with them as it is a predominantly Muslim culture. Steve enjoyed going out to the reef and finding fishes and other bity, stingy things. I went on a boast an snorknelled around a nice quiet reef area with very pretty fish. We did quiet a lot of walking and just down the beach from us was this restaurant on a rock. You walked through the water to get up the very ricketty steps. We didn't eat there but it looked amazing.

There were other little shops along the beach including this one "Fatimas Gift Shop" I wasnot allowed past this one and ened up chatting and buying a top of the ladies after some bargaining. What the lost on me knowing the prices of things they would of got back of the next Amercian or German tourist so it was all good natured.