Sunday, June 23rd
We took another eight hour bus ride back to Dar on Sunday morning. When we arrived in Dar, we took a taxi auto Tom's house to drop off all of our huge suitcases. He and his family were so nice! Jake and I plan to stay with him the night before our flight back to the states. From there, we stayed in a hostel right on the Indian Ocean! It was very close to the ferry, so we could leave first thing in the morning for Zanzibar.
The ferry was awesome, it only took about 1 and a half hours to get there. W stood outside for most of the trip. Jemshed takes the ferry often, so we got VIP they said, we got to sit on the top in the most comfortable seats we have had yet. Jake was ecstatic that his legs fit in the seat.
The ferry took us to Stone Town. It is a historic city that was the site of the Eastern Slave trade. The architecture is beautiful (Heidi you would love it!). All of the streets were so narrow. It reminded me of Delfino Square in Mario Cart :)
After checking in, we went on a spice tour. Stone Town is known for making many different spices.
Here was a great one, it is lipstick fruit, used to make lipstick!
Aloe Vera:
This is pepper. The same plant is used for black pepper, white pepper and red pepper. I thought that was really interesting.
Then, the gifts began!
This guy climbed a giant coconut tree while singing an African song, picked a coconut for us to try.
These guys led us the whole way, made us gifts, and taught us a lot!
Then, more gifts!
Another fun day !
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