Hello all.
Just a quick one to start off. Got the flight over from Heathrow to Dar es Salaam. Got served last AGAIN on the flight. Had to have the veggie "option", some sort of pureed aubergine. (BA have got a great new video-on-demand in flight entertainment system though...)
Anyway, on arrival we met the rest of the group (mostly normal) and got a ferry to Zanzibar. We only just made it to the terminal in time and our seats had been given away (as appears to be the local custom) to the highest bidder. After a minor fuss with the attendant, we finally got some seats but they were right under the aircon (which is probably why they were still empty). Two and a half hours later we defrosted in the sun of Stone Town. We had to get our own luggage off the boat because the porters wouldn't do it unless you bribed them, despite it being their job. They looked a bit miffed though when we did it ourselves.
Went on a great spice tour yesterday. It basically consisted of showing us the plants / trees / pods that household spices come from. Apparently they don't grow in little pots with Schwartz on them...
Had a meal in a nice little beach-side restaurant last night, under the stars. Shame the service didn't match the setting. Took 2.5 hours for the food to arrive. Was too tired to care by then though.
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Rich.
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