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THAT'S WHAT THE BROCHURE SAID, THIS IS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED:
Having still not eaten anything since my dinner on Thursday night I was feeling really weak and lethargic. None of the food in the restaurants was appealing to me and they were really expensive too! We'd seen a sign for a toasted cheese & tomato sandwich for $8 (that's about R80)
Yesterday while I was in the room, Marco went for lunch on his own. He ordered a beef fillet for $15 and was given an over cooked minute steak.
I guess we were just shocked at the cost of bad quality food available from most of the restaurants along the beaches. We eventually found a stall that sold some fruit. We bought mangoes, papaya, oranges and had that for breakfast in our room.I won't go into detail about it but there is a fly problem too and with all the restaurants being outdoor ones it makes having meals a bit challenging. The locals seem to think its hysterical that we keep swatting the flies away off our food.
We didn't make it to Pemba Island (unfortunaltey) but we did manage to go for 2 local boat dives today with East Africa Diving. They were very organised throughout all the dives, had excellent quality gear to hire and I would highly recommend them.
The water is just superb! It's warm and it's so clear. The dives were both fairly easy which is great. The coral, tropical fish, star fish, turtles and rays all make these dives unforgettable!
After 2 gorgeous dives we headed back up the beach. We stopped off at Linga Linga for dinner. This awesome restaurant is right next to our room (although not part of the same complex) and offer accommodation in addition to their very cool restaurant.
Marco enjoyed his dinner - and mine. I still couldn't stomach anything (although their food was very good).
We enjoyed some cold Kilimanjaro beers and a gorgeous sunset. After dinner we just headed back to the room for some more blessed air-conditioning!
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