Zanzibar revisited

The main post of the day today..

After the ramadhan break wkend, I immediately set off to another 6-day business trip this time to Mwanza, the 2nd biggest city of Tanzania.

Fast forward, I came back to Dar, my friend says "let's go to Zanzibar this weekend cuz we may not have time in October!"
True, we are running out of "weekends".

So we went. My 2nd visit to the paradise.

This time I managed to go to Prison Island, with massive turtoise and the most beautiful beach ever, and Nungui, a famous spot for diving.
Do I dive? again, no not really, but I did a Try Dive and it was fun. (I will use my paid holiday to go to Thailand or somewhere to get a lisence... I'm serious!)

Unfortunately there's no underwater picture, but let me show you how beautiful that place is...

...How could you not fall in love with this island?

Eid Mubarak

How time flies, it's been almost 2 weeks since my last lazy post!
Let me post two in a row to catch up...

What have I been up to?
The last post was on the 8th of September, just before Eid ul Fitr -the break of ramadhan.
Ramadhan traditionally ends when the new moon is sighted. While some countries just decides the date for the end of ramadhan, Tanzania takes a traditional method -the most important muslim person of Tanzania decides -ie, if he sights the new moon, that's the end of ramadhan. If he can't see the moon for whatever reason, another day of fasting. I was told that the break of ramadhan is often a day later than other countries. (Apparently this year Kenya was a day late!)

So, on the evening of Thursday the 9th we (ppl in my office) gathered on the office balcony, saw the moon and went home happily because it meant that Friday became a day off.
What did I do? well, cool people go to the beach for ramadhan break!


So I joined a bunch of ppl for surfing excursion to South Beach, just on the south of dar es salaam.
Do I surf? um, not really. But I like trying.
Well, even if I could -even those surfers I went there with were struggling to catch the wave, because the ocean was nice 'n' calm, perfect for light beach fun.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed floating on the board, paddling, using my unused mascles, having fun under the sun :)

Wonders of nature

A week passed writing up reports and doing all sorts of random work..

Here's a place I found in Lindi, the seaside town I stayed on the last night of the hospital trip.
Totally resembles ah-what's-it-called? The world heritage site in Cambodia (I believe) I'd love to visit but not yet managed to.

Lindi, just like Bagamoyo, also was one of the ports for slave trade in the 19th century, and there are a few historical, German colonial heritages in some parts of the town.

This building is not named as far as I know, and no one seems to care about it.
I was the only one standing there, staring and getting a strange shiver feeling the power of nature and "the past" of such a peaceful town.