Today we can properly explore Zanzibar - check out the famed Stone Town and get our own impression of Nungwe - there are mixed reviews online; although some beautiful photos!
Wouldn't Luck Have It!! On the day that I am finally fit and well and we only have one full day left in Zanzibar, Marco gets sick! Something he ate the previous day gave him gippo-guts!! (It wasn't the pizza because I'd eaten it too and, thankfully, I was fine!!)
So we didn't make it out to Stone Town - which is a pity as everyone says it's a 'must' when going to Zanzibar. To be fair though - we weren't really all that keen on paying $60 to be taken 50kms up the road (that's the cost of a one way trip!)
So we mostly just relaxed at the trusted Nungwi Restaurant on the beach.
We'd bought this cool game - which we've called Beads ('cause we can't remember the real name!) It has something to do with being entertaining but getting you nowhere. :)
We had walked around Nungwe a bit and were quite put off by the filth. The beaches are gorgeous, as is the water. But behind the beach side accommodation, in the town itself, it is pretty disgusting. Besides the excessive plastic pollution (all those water bottles go somewhere) you have to dodge the human excrement just on the ground all over the place.
Don't get me wrong, I am from Africa. I know what poverty looks like and I am appalled that people in Africa still still in this depth of poverty. But what we experienced here was less poverty and more apathy. The locals just didn't seem to care about their own living environments. To literally shit on your own door step says a lot.And so, after being a bit grossed out, we decided to keep our eyes forward - towards to beautiful beaches and views and sunsets - which is what we paid very dear $'s to do.
And it really is so beautiful out there....
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