We continued our journey to Dar the next day. Once in Dar we went straight to the airport and hopped on a plane to Zanzibar. We couldn't stop saying how lucky we are to be able to stay at such nice places and spend our holidays on a beautiful beach!
We spent our first night in Stonetown. We had a beautiful rooftop dinner and looked out at all of the old stone buildings. Our next adventure was to go on the spice tour. We walked through a mini-forest and our tour guide explained all of the uses of the different spices. Some of the spices that we were able to see and learn about were nutmeg, cinnamon, peppercorn, cloves, lemongrass, and curry. I was amazed how many uses the different spices have. So many of them are used for medicinal purposes there due to the fact that they have so few medical centers. The people of Zanzibar make up their own remedies.
Due to the massive amounts of rain in Stonetown we decided to head to our next destination-Nungwi beach. We had an hour drive there but it was well worth it. By the time we arrived the sky was starting to clear up. The hotel had an amazing view of the sea, a pool, and lots of cocktails that were calling our names! We had a relaxing rest of our day enjoying a nice dinner and an acrobatics show afterwards.
Waking up to a beautiful vision of the white sandy beach was perfect! We got an early start of laying in the sun and catching up on some reading. We continued our day with wonderful fruity drinks and delicious meals, all while sitting in the pool.
It was such a nice holiday! Now I'm looking forward to the next time I hop on a plane. I know that there is no comparison to a beautiful beach in Zanzibar, but America will be pretty good too :)
