So another part of the tour was to see how they make boats, again these are all completely hand made, no machinery is used at all. the picture of the bloke in the blue had is drilling a hole using a metal rod and wood on string which he moves from side to side with another piece of wood to drill the hole. it takes 20 mins to drill one hole! and around 6 months to make a boat! incredible, and they last over 20 years.

After the spice tour we made our way to the north part of the island to a place called Nungwi. here the beaches were really beautiful so we spent the rest of the day lying around enjoying the warmth of the beach. we went out for dinner and i had the best curry i have ever tasted, seafood curry, it had everything from prawns, squid and octopus to meaty fish like tuna and kingfish and the sauce was fabulous, yum yum yum!

Our second day a load of us decided to go our on a boat for the day snorkeling. we went over Mnemba Island and although it started to rain as soon as we got there the fact that we were in the water meant it didn't really matter! the island was a bit of tease too, it was really gorgeous but privately owned so we couldnt go to it! gutted! the snorkeling however was great, we saw all of nemos family and friends again, the coral was beautiful especially when the sun came out and made it go all sparkly. back on the boat we had a great lunch of BBQed tuna and fresh fruit before dipping back in to see more - and of course top up the tan! we did get a little burnt actually but nothing too serious. we just had a really nice day swimming around, seeing the fish and another great thing, gav didn't get sea sick! and after all the swimming hes been doing since our travels with surfing, being in swimming pools etc his swimming has really improved and he snorkeled for longer than i've ever known him to! and he really enjoyed it to, it was lovely just swimming along looking at the fish together, and hearing him sing through his snorkel, ha, that was funny!


ahhh, dont we look cute!






that night a load of us decided to hit the town, we had a seafood buffet for dinner, octopus curry by far the best thing on the menu! we went to a few bars, we watched the sun set over the sea again, we gossiped about people who weren't our (yep, my fav bit)! gav got up and joined in a pool comp against some masaai worriers, i've seen him play so badly, of course he blamed it on the table! he lost but it was a good game and he seemed to go down well with the locals!

all the girls, me, henriette, katie, norelle, youngbin, vicki and elisa!