Well, after waiting for an hour and a half, my blog finally loaded. So I already sent an group email(or two) to most people who read this(if anyone actually does!). Anyway the biggest news is that I got malaria last week. Not that great of an experience but not as bad as i thought it would be. Although it's been a bit confusing considering I got two tests, the first one negative and the second one saying I had three parasites (I don't really know what that means!). Despite malaria on Thursday, i managed to make it to Zanzibar again this past weekend. This time i went with my entire group and we did a historical tour of stone town and went to a couple museums and churches and stuff. It was pretty cool. Then on Saturday we went on a spice tour, a guide took us through a spice farm. We got to see where a bunch of things come from, and try a lot of the plants while out on the farm. In the middle we got to sit and drink lemon grass tea with vanilla (delicious) and eat fresh fruit (mango, avocado, jack fruit, pineapple, and a couple different kinds of oranges). It was much cooler than I thought it would be. And of course it was absolutely beautiful (just like everything else here). We also saw a guy climb a coconut tree with just a bit of rope around his feet, it looked ridiculously hard, and he had absolutely no problem with it.
In the afternoon, we went to Jozani forest to look at monkeys, mangroves, and the forest. They were colobus monkeys and a lot of fun to watch, and I took way too many pictures of them. They were extremely close to us, in fact a couple of them jumped on one of the little kids with us. the mangroves were cool, but not as exciting as the monkeys. Although it was fun climbing on them, they look small, but they are pretty strong. The forest was beautiful. we didn't see many animals, but the it was nice walking through and seeing all the different trees and plants. The guide also explained which plants could be used for different sickenesses and stuff. Most of them seemed to be used to fight witchcraft, as natural viagra, or asthma.
Then we headed up to nungwi beach to the best beach i have seen so far. The whole north coast is owned by really fancy hotels, and the program here paide for the group to stay at a pretty nice place. The water was pretty much perfect, fairly cool, with no seaweed and very little rock. There were beach chairs and palm umbrellas and stuff. There were even small waves and stuff. In the evening, we had a huge, delicious dinner and watched traditional dancing. I am still amazed watching how the men and women can move their hips, it's real crazy. I'll try and learn so when I come back I can rip up the dance floor. After dinner, we chilled on the beach and saw a bunch of shooting stars. We spent the next morning swimming and playing around, I wish we could have stayed longer, it was perfect.
All in all, it was yet another amazing weekend, and it made going to class this morning extremely difficult. Luckily there are only 5 more weeks of class left, so I think i can handle it!
In the afternoon, we went to Jozani forest to look at monkeys, mangroves, and the forest. They were colobus monkeys and a lot of fun to watch, and I took way too many pictures of them. They were extremely close to us, in fact a couple of them jumped on one of the little kids with us. the mangroves were cool, but not as exciting as the monkeys. Although it was fun climbing on them, they look small, but they are pretty strong. The forest was beautiful. we didn't see many animals, but the it was nice walking through and seeing all the different trees and plants. The guide also explained which plants could be used for different sickenesses and stuff. Most of them seemed to be used to fight witchcraft, as natural viagra, or asthma.
Then we headed up to nungwi beach to the best beach i have seen so far. The whole north coast is owned by really fancy hotels, and the program here paide for the group to stay at a pretty nice place. The water was pretty much perfect, fairly cool, with no seaweed and very little rock. There were beach chairs and palm umbrellas and stuff. There were even small waves and stuff. In the evening, we had a huge, delicious dinner and watched traditional dancing. I am still amazed watching how the men and women can move their hips, it's real crazy. I'll try and learn so when I come back I can rip up the dance floor. After dinner, we chilled on the beach and saw a bunch of shooting stars. We spent the next morning swimming and playing around, I wish we could have stayed longer, it was perfect.
All in all, it was yet another amazing weekend, and it made going to class this morning extremely difficult. Luckily there are only 5 more weeks of class left, so I think i can handle it!
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