Tag: Africa

  • Prison Island

    Prison Island

    While in Stone Town, we like to relax at our hotel’s beach and enjoy the cool breeze. During this time, I was chatting with some of the waiters from the restaurant and one suggested we take a tour of Prison Island (Changuu in Swahili). The cost of an organized tour was $50 per person…so for us a total…

    Read more: Prison Island
  • Fabulous Food in Tanzania!

    Fabulous Food in Tanzania!

    The food in Tanzania has been surprisingly lovely! We found the meals to be simple and very flavourful. For breakfasts we always had fresh fruit like mangoes and papayas and we were lucky to have chocolate chapatti pancakes while on Zanzibar!   Afternoon drinks often included chocolate banana milkshakes, passion fruit juice or fresh coconut…

    Read more: Fabulous Food in Tanzania!
  • Stone Town, Zanzibar

    Stone Town, Zanzibar

    We arrived in Stone Town amid the midday heat and were greeted very warmly by our hotel reception at the Tembo Hotel. They have great apartments for families that are spacious, have nets, AC and most importantly – a beach and a pool! One special feature of our place was that we stayed in the…

    Read more: Stone Town, Zanzibar
  • Bubble Wrap and Beans!

    Bubble Wrap and Beans!

    Ouch! Don’t touch that jelly! While staying in our beach bungalow in Zanzibar, we spent a lot of time on the beach. The water was beautiful, the sand was great for making sandcastles, and there were lots of shells everywhere. Another thing we noticed were jellyfish washed onto the beach from the tide. One day, we…

    Read more: Bubble Wrap and Beans!
  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    Have you ever been to Treasure Island? I have, and you might know the island as…. Zanzibar! At Upepo, we spent a lot of our time walking along the beach and playing in the soft sand. We call Zanzibar Treasure Island because when we walked along the beach, we found many treasures! But not treasures…

    Read more: Treasure Island