This morning we derove out into the Jozani monkey forest. These guys were incredible, swinging and jumping from branch to branch. Dive bombing and tackling one another to the ground. A small group of us snuck off and got one of them to eat out of our hands. That was pretty cool! We also went into a mangrove forest that has protected the island of Zanzibar from hurricanes. The mud was covered with odd looking fiddler crabs that were very interested in Douglas's gum that he spit out.
Our lunch was at Paje beach. The beach is protected by a reef about a mile from the shore. This creates a shallow area of beautifully crystal clear water with a green glow. The shallows are also perfect for growing seaweed farms. (A moment of nostalgia... For those of you that counted starfish on Lady Elliot Island in Australia, the seaweed lesson was all too familiar... Enough said)
After lunch the girls pulled beach chairs down onto the sand and rested our feet in the warm tropical water. The boys decided they would walk out to the reef. As a summer shower rolled in, the boys that actually made it out to the reef were too far to make it back. So they were taxied in by some local fishermen. Boys will be boys.
We drove back to stone town and I took some more girls to get henna from the friends I had made the day before. They were ecstatic to have the business. We set off to eat dinner and chose a balcony table overlooking the ocean and the setting sun. The ocean was so peaceful without any waves as the fishermen steered their boats with canvas sheets as sails back to shore.
I'm a bulldawg through and through, but today's sunset put it to the test. The sky was painted the most beautiful shades of... Dare I say it... Orange and blue. Reminded me of my days growing up singing War Eagle. Luckily though those colors were surpassed by a moving Red that was eventually overtaken by the Black night sky. What a mixture of insane colors! I wish a picture could show you, but it won't do justice. Miss you all... Until next time! B
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