Tanzania has redeemed itself. I took the rest of monday to sit and relax and not really do much to prepare myself for a spice tour yesteday. We splurged a little bit for this room as there is A/C.
A man came to pick us and three americans at our hostel for a spice tour we had signed up for. Although we were told that it left at 9 a.m. we waited outside the tour company a little while (we were probably waiting for the rest of the tour to show up).
When we finally got the signal we walked down an alley we saw two vans and we pilled into it. Our final destination was a spice farm.There was about twenty of us that followed a forest like path where our guide pointed out different spices and fruits in their plant form like: Cinnamon, ginger, clove, leache, coconut, coffee etc.. He was very informative, he told us the uses for each in their cooking capacity as well as their healling benefits. We then went to a Hammam, had a chance to buy some spices, had lunch then went to a beach.
The Indian Ocean from Zanzibar is definately not as hot as it was in Melindi. We returned back to the hotel at around 3p.m. (best 12USD I've spent so far). When I got back I went back to the roof top terrace at the hostel and I met another fellow Canadian! The first thus far on this trip.
Mmmm! Spices! Hope you are feeling better and that your reddish glow is fading to a more pleasant tan. Thinking of you and hoping it continues to be a wonderful experience!
ReplyDeleteoowwww nice ginger is good for u nat.....it helps a lot specially when ur working night shift... bring me some plsssss!thanks beth!
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