zanzibar

hey guys, just a bit of a quick message to say thanks for all the comments, emails, etc. we do eventually read them all but can't write back to everyone (not many decent computers with quick internet connex over here).

right now we're in zanzibar on the north coast beaches relaxing after our 3 day safari through the serengeti and ngorongoro crater. the safari was awesome and we saw heaps of animals, most of them pretty close up. we had a couple of big male lions walk around our 4wd which was pretty speccy. we tried to upload some of our pics and do a bit of a post but a computer virus wiped all the pics on sarah's camera. hopefully everything up until stonetown is backed up on my mp3 player tho.. so you might have to wait until europe for the next batch of pics.

we've got another couple of nights here before we head back to stonetown, then catch the ferry back to dar to fly to rome. stonetown and where we are atm are phenomenally better than any of the towns we passed through in mainland tanzania. stonetown itself is really charming, with fantastic run down old buildings and rabbit warren streets. you'll get a better idea of the place when we can put up some pics but zanzibar is definitely worth a visit. yesterday we took a small wooden fishing boat out to a nearby island to do a couple of hours snorkelling. about 400m offshore we passed through a pod of dolphins (one of which we took an amazing photo off in the air!) and so we jumped in a got to swim with them which was great fun. the water is so clear you could see them easily and they only would've been 3-4m away. i'll fill you in more at a later date but basically we've spent every evening with a couple of drinks, watching the sun set over the crystal clear water and fishing boats - amazing :)

anyway, the sun is getting low in the sky so it's that time of day again. i hope it's raining and cold in melbourne :P