Zanzibar

My cute little bungalow on the beach.

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After the safari, we flew to the island of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania.  Zanzibar is totally different than the mainland, it is exotic- very hot, white powdery sand beaches, and different people- 98% are muslim.  As we drove to our resort, I watched heavy oxen with floppy ears and a hump pulling carts down the streets.  All of the children must have just gotten out of school because hundreds were walking down the road in identical uniforms- white head scarves and purple dresses for girls, with little black smiling faces peering out from the white.  Over all this chaos, the Muslim call to prayer beckoned eerily over the palm trees.  It was a very fascinating place- slightly more geared for tourists than I prefer, but still incredibly beautiful.