Zanzibar: Panga Chumvi

We're back in Nairobi after a wonderful holiday on the Spice Island of Zanzibar. It was a great mixture of relaxing at the beach and exploring the island. Zanzibar has an interesting history involving the Portuguese, the Arabs and then the British, many years at the center of the Slave Trade, and more recently a revolution and the move towards becoming a semi-autonomous region to Tanzania. The island really wants to be its own country and there is a lot of talk about independence among its people, but that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon.

Here's a little look back at our trip.
The beach and Panga Chumvi:

The Panga Chumvi lodge grounds

relaxing in the hammocks

biking on the beach

Panga Chumvi is in the background

A seaweed farm - the seaweed is sold to the Chinese and Japanese

Sascha with her new friends Hidaya and Anisa who live in Dar es Salam.

Looking for sea treasures, being careful not to step on a sea urchin.