Zanzibar

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After four long hard days of safari action we all felt that we needed a vacation. Zanzibar seemed the ideal place for us to kick back during the remainder of our time in Africa. Zanzibar is a group of islands off the coast of Tanzania. Zanzibar has seen it's share of foreigners over the years and many of the locals now make there living in some way or another off of tourism. The main island has beautiful beaches, coral reefs and Arabic architecture in the plus column. In the negative column it also has very persistent touts know as "papasi" or ticks in Swahili. Elle and Jamie had fun shopping the markets for souvenirs but I couldn't handle the aggressive sales people. Sometimes you can sometimes you can't. I didn't. I had a small meltdown. It's amazing what 90 degree heat and humidity do to your patience level. But since this is retro-active blogging I can say everything was perfect. We stayed for a couple of days in Stone town home of the world's record number of self proclaimed tour guides and then went to the north for some beach lounging.

In the pictures is the white washed buildings and narrow streets of Stone town.

And rancho relaxo in our Italian owned beach villa northern beaches.

Not pictured is the Italian George Clooney who was spotted by Elle and Jamie in the villa lounge. He wasn't that good looking.